The physics of fast radio bursts

B Zhang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
Fast radio bursts (FRBs), millisecond-duration bursts prevailing in the radio sky, are the
latest large puzzle in the Universe and have been a subject of intense observational and …

The physics of fast radio bursts

D Xiao, FY Wang, ZG Dai - Science China Physics, Mechanics & …, 2021 - Springer
In 2007, a very bright radio pulse was identified in the archival data of the Parkes Telescope
in Australia, marking the beginning of a new research branch in astrophysics. In 2013, this …

The Karl G. Jansky very large array sky survey (VLASS). Science case and survey design

M Lacy, SA Baum, CJ Chandler… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is a synoptic, all-sky radio sky survey
with a unique combination of high angular resolution (≈ 2 farcs 5), sensitivity (a 1σ goal of …

Frequency-dependent polarization of repeating fast radio bursts—implications for their origin

Y Feng, D Li, YP Yang, Y Zhang, W Zhu, B Zhang, W Lu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The polarization of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which are bright astronomical transient
phenomena, contains information about their environments. Using wide-band observations …

An extreme magneto-ionic environment associated with the fast radio burst source FRB 121102

D Michilli, A Seymour, JWT Hessels, LG Spitler… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts are millisecond-duration, extragalactic radio flashes of unknown physical
origin,,. The only known repeating fast radio burst source,,—FRB 121102—has been …

Magnetic field reversal in the turbulent environment around a repeating fast radio burst

R Anna-Thomas, L Connor, S Dai, Y Feng… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief, intense flashes of radio waves from unidentified
extragalactic sources. Polarized FRBs originate in highly magnetized environments. We …

Nine new repeating fast radio burst sources from CHIME/FRB

E Fonseca, BC Andersen, M Bhardwaj… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the discovery and analysis of bursts from nine new repeating fast radio burst
(FRB) sources found using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) …

A nearby repeating fast radio burst in the direction of M81

M Bhardwaj, BM Gaensler, VM Kaspi… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the discovery of FRB 20200120E, a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with a low
dispersion measure (DM) detected by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping …

The coordinated radio and infrared survey for high-mass star formation (the CORNISH survey). I. Survey design

MG Hoare, CR Purcell, EB Churchwell… - Publications of the …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the motivation, design, and implementation of the CORNISH survey, an
arcsecond-resolution radio continuum survey of the inner galactic plane at 5 GHz using the …

A Large-scale Magneto-ionic Fluctuation in the Local Environment of Periodic Fast Radio Burst Source FRB 20180916B

R Mckinven, BM Gaensler, D Michilli… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Fast radio burst (FRB) source FRB 20180916B exhibits a 16.33-day periodicity in its burst
activity. It is as of yet unclear what proposed mechanism produces the activity, but …