Fast Radio Burst Tomography of the Unseen Universe
Abstract
The discovery of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) at cosmological distances has opened a powerful window on otherwise unseen matter in the Universe. Observations of >104 FRBs will assess the baryon contents and physical conditions in the hot/diffuse circumgalactic, intracluster, and intergalactic medium, and test extant compact-object dark matter models.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.06535
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.06535
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.420R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 15 pages, 3 color figures