The Fast Radio Burst Enigma

Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 7 Conference Room (+Zoom)
Professor Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University; Email: mbailes[at]swin.edu.au

Abstract

Although Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) were discovered in 2007, the last couple of years has seen an explosion of recorded events and breakthroughs in the field. In this talk I will tell the story of FRBs and their impact on potential source models and cosmology.