PIRSA:25080046

The Fast Transient Radio Sky

(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 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:25080046,
            doi = {10.48660/25080046},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/25080046},
            author = {},
            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}}
          }
Vicky Kaspi
Talk numberPIRSA:25080046
DOI10.48660/25080046
Collection
Talk Type Conference
Subject

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.