The next KIPAC lecture at Stanford, this Thurdsay, Dec 5th at 7:00 PM Pacific Time
The Cosmic Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
The lecture:
The cosmos directly interacts with Earth through various signals in the form of electromagnetic waves (light), elementary particles, and gravitational waves. A couple of decades ago, radio astronomers found extremely bright flashes in their data that only lasted a few thousandths of a second. These pulses, named Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), were found to be coming from outside of our Galaxy and can be so energetic that they radiate a billion times more energy than our Sun does within a millisecond. While more than 20,000 bursts have been detected on Earth since FRBs were first discovered, their origins still remain a mystery. In this talk, I will present a brief history of FRBs, introduce how they have altered our understanding of our Universe, and explore some theories on the cosmic sources that could be powering them.
The Cosmic Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
The lecture:
The cosmos directly interacts with Earth through various signals in the form of electromagnetic waves (light), elementary particles, and gravitational waves. A couple of decades ago, radio astronomers found extremely bright flashes in their data that only lasted a few thousandths of a second. These pulses, named Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), were found to be coming from outside of our Galaxy and can be so energetic that they radiate a billion times more energy than our Sun does within a millisecond. While more than 20,000 bursts have been detected on Earth since FRBs were first discovered, their origins still remain a mystery. In this talk, I will present a brief history of FRBs, introduce how they have altered our understanding of our Universe, and explore some theories on the cosmic sources that could be powering them.
