Astronomy & Astrophysics Seminar: The Latest on Fast Radio Bursts

Zoom: https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/87185167411?pwd=FpTUyIgXaOturzOFSetA6pPVYQilen.1

Abstract:

Fast Radio Bursts continue to be a puzzling astrophysical mystery. Consisting of brief (typically few millisecond) bursts of radio waves coming from cosmological distances, their origins remain largely unknown. Some FRBs repeat; a key question is whether all do, or whether there are multiple classes of sources.

I will review the FRB field, concentrating on recent results particularly from the CHIME radio telescope — the world’s most powerful FRB detector, and its new set of Outrigger telescopes, now fully operational and enabling the new method of “synoptic” VLBI.

Seminar Organizer: Dr. Jonathan Stern