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Classification of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been a long-standing puzzle in high-energy astrophysics. Recent observations challenge the traditional short vs. long viewpoint, where long GRBs are thought to originate from the collapse of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-02 Dimple , K. Misra , K. G. Arun

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short-duration radio transients of unknown origin. Thus far, they have been blindly detected at millisecond timescales with dispersion measures (DMs) between 110--2600\,pc\,cm$^{-3}$. However, the observed pulse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Liam Connor

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief, luminous pulses with unknown physical origin. The repetition pattern of FRBs contains essential information about their physical nature and emission mechanisms. Using the two largest samples of FRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 F. Y. Wang , Q. Wu , Z. G. Dai

Multi-wavelength (MW) observations of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is a key avenue to uncover the yet-unknown origin(s) of these extragalactic signals. In this proceeding, we discuss the need for precise localization to conduct MW studies. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-07 Cherry Ng

The polarization of fast radio bursts (FRBs), bright astronomical transients, contains crucial information about their environments. We report polarization measurements of five repeating FRBs, the abundant signals of which enable wide-band…

The increasing field of view of radio telescopes and improved data processing capabilities have led to a surge in the detection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The discovery rate of FRBs is already a few per day and is expected to increase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Ajay Kumar , Ashish A. Mahabal , Shriharsh P. Tendulkar

The recent detection of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) in an old globular cluster in M81 challenges traditional FRB formation mechanisms based on magnetic activity in young neutron stars formed recently in core-collapse supernovae.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Kyle Kremer , Dongzi Li , Wenbin Lu , Anthony L. Piro , Bing Zhang

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration transient signals discovered over the past decade. Here we describe the scientific usefulness of FRBs, consider ongoing work at the Parkes telescope, and examine some relevant search…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 E. F. Keane , SUPERB Collaboration

Strong lensing of Fast Radio Bursts (FBRs) has been proposed as a relatively clean probe of primordial black hole (PBH) dark matter. Recently, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) published a first catalog of 536 FRBs,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-01 Keren Krochek , Ely D. Kovetz

The empirical classification of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) into long and short GRBs based on their durations is already firmly established. This empirical classification is generally linked to the physical classification of GRBs originating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-17 Jia-Wei Luo , Fei-Fei Wang , Jia-Ming Zhu-Ge , Ye Li , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Bing Zhang

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients of mysterious origin, with growing evidence linking at least some of them to magnetars. While FRBs are primarily observed in the radio band, their potential multi-wavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-21 Ke Bian , Can-Min Deng

We present the first catalog of fast radio burst (FRB) host galaxies from CHIME/FRB Outriggers, selected uniformly in the radio and the optical by localizing 81 new bursts to 2'' x ~60'' accuracy using CHIME and the KKO Outrigger, located…

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic radio flashes of unknown physical origin. Their high luminosities and short durations require extreme energy densities, like those found in the vicinity of neutron stars and black holes. Studying…

We summarize our understanding of millisecond radio bursts from an extragalactic population of sources. FRBs occur at an extraordinary rate, thousands per day over the entire sky with radiation energy densities at the source about ten…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 James M. Cordes , Shami Chatterjee

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are a class of highly energetic, mostly extragalactic radio transients lasting for a few milliseconds. While over 600 FRBs have been published so far, their origins are presently unclear, with some theories for…

FRBs are a newly discovered class of extragalactic radio transients characterised by their high energy and short-duration (~$\mu$s-ms)[1]. Their elusive physical origin remains a subject of ongoing research, with magnetars emerging as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-07 Mohit Bhardwaj , Jimin Lee , Kevin Ji

We present a catalog of 4539 fast radio bursts (FRBs) observed with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope between 25 July 2018 and 15 September 2023. These bursts originate from 3641 unique sources, including…

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are the first cosmological radio sources that vary on millisecond timescales, which makes them a unique probe of the Universe. Many proposed applications of FRBs require associated redshifts. These can only be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Joscha N. Jahns , Laura G. Spitler , Charles R. H. Walker , Carlton M. Baugh

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) telescope. These sources span a dispersion measure (DM) range of…