PIRSA:25080046 Conference Cosmology Particle Physics Strong Gravity

DOI10.48660/25080046

Conference/School: Charting the Future Symposium

(2025). The Fast Transient Radio Sky. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/25080046

The Fast Transient Radio Sky. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 29, 2025, https://pirsa.org/25080046 

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  doi = {10.48660/25080046},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/25080046},
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  keywords = {Cosmology, Particle Physics, Strong Gravity},
  language = {en},
  title = {The Fast Transient Radio Sky},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2025},
  month = {aug},
  note = {PIRSA:25080046 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

Fast Radio Bursts are a recently discovered phenomenon consisting of brief (typically few millisecond) bursts of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way galaxy, indeed from cosmological distances. Their origin is unknown. I will review what is known about these mysterious sources, and how they can act as novel probes of the matter distribution in the Universe. I will focus on results from the CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project, which uses a new Canadian digital radio telescope that is revolutionizing our view of the fast transient sky. I will also introduce the CHIME/FRB Outriggers, which will enable precise sky localizations for >1000 CHIME FRBs, hence permit host galaxy ID and redshift determinations.

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