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The dispersion of fast radio bursts (FRBs) measures the column density of free electrons, tracing the diffuse ionized gas that contains more than $90\%$ of all baryons. On linear scales the FRB dispersion field is an approximately unbiased…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Shion Andrew , Haochen Wang , Kiyoshi Masui , Josh Borrow , Calvin Leung , Ryan Raikman , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye , James M. Sullivan

The pulse widths, dispersion measures and dispersion indices of Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) impose coupled constraints that all models must satisfy. We show that if the dispersion measures resulted from propagation through the intergalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-07 J. I. Katz

Extragalactic Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have large dispersion measures (DMs) and are unique probes of intergalactic electron density fluctuations. By using the recently released First CHIME/FRB Catalog, we reexamined the structure function…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Siyao Xu , David H. Weinberg , Bing Zhang

The cosmological dispersion measure (DM) as a function of redshift, derived from localized fast radio bursts (FRBs), has been used as a tool for constraining the cosmic ionized fraction and cosmological parameters. For these purposes, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-18 Ryuichi Takahashi

Extragalactic fast radio bursts (FRBs) have emerged as powerful probes of turbulence within the intergalactic medium (IGM), a phenomenon that plays a crucial role in various cosmological and astrophysical processes. In this study, we employ…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-06 Rui-Nan Li , Zhao Joseph Zhang , Kentaro Nagamine , Yuri Oku , Qin Wu , F. Y. Wang

The excessive dispersion measure (DM) of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been proposed to be a powerful tool to study intergalactic medium (IGM) and to perform cosmography. One issue is that the fraction of baryons in the IGM, $f_{\rm IGM}$,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Zhengxiang Li , He Gao , Jun-Jie Wei , Yuan-Pei Yang , Bing Zhang , Zong-Hong Zhu

The distribution of baryons in the Universe remains a fundamental open question in astronomy, and the dispersion measure (DM) of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) serves as a valuable tool for probing this cosmic gas. We investigate the impact of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-05 Maryam Hussaini , Liam Connor , Ralf M. Konietzka , Vikram Ravi , Jakob Faber , Kritti Sharma , Myles Sherman

A key measure of gravity is the relation between the Weyl potential $\Psi+\Phi$ and the matter overdensity $\delta_m$, encapsulated as an effective gravitational constant $G_{\rm light}$ for light motion. Its value, along with possible…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Shuren Zhou , Pengjie Zhang

Complex astrophysical processes regulate the growth of galaxies by injecting energy and momentum into their surroundings, redistributing baryons across megaparsec scales. The clustering of matter on these scales, as measured via weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Kritti Sharma , Elisabeth Krause , Vikram Ravi , Liam Connor , Dhayaa Anbajagane , Pranjal R. S

The dispersion measure of fast radio bursts (FRBs), arising from the interactions of the pulses with free electrons along the propagation path, constitutes a unique probe of the cosmic baryon distribution. Their constraining power is…

The $\Lambda$CDM model successfully explains the majority of cosmological observations. However, the $\Lambda$CDM model is challenged by Hubble tension, a remarkable difference of Hubble constant $H_0$ between measurements from local probe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-18 Q. Wu , G. Q. Zhang , F. Y. Wang

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 analyze the sources of free electrons that produce the large dispersion measures, DM $\approx 300-1600$ (in units cm$^{-3}$ pc), observed toward fast radio bursts (FRBs). Individual galaxies typically produce DM $\sim 25-60$ cm$^{-3}$ pc…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 J. Michael Shull , Charles W. Danforth

We constrain the Hubble constant H$_0$ using Fast Radio Burst (FRB) observations from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Murriyang (Parkes) radio telescopes. We use the redshift-dispersion measure (`Macquart')…

Understanding the impact of baryonic feedback on the small-scale ($k \gtrsim 1\,h\,$Mpc$^{-1}$) matter power spectrum is a key astrophysical challenge, and essential for interpreting data from upcoming weak-lensing surveys, which require…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-29 Kritti Sharma , Elisabeth Krause , Vikram Ravi , Robert Reischke , Pranjal R. S. , Liam Connor

Most diffuse baryons, including the circumgalactic medium (CGM) surrounding galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM) in the cosmic web, remain unmeasured and unconstrained. Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) offer an unparalleled method to measure…

We present the discovery and subarcsecond localization of a new Fast Radio Burst with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and realfast search system. The FRB was discovered on 2019 June 14 with a dispersion measure of 959 pc/cm3. This is…

The dispersion of extragalactic fast radio bursts (FRBs) can serve as a powerful probe of the diffuse plasma between and surrounding galaxies, which contains most of the Universe's baryons. By cross-correlating the dispersion of background…

We investigate the Missing Baryon problem using Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) to trace cosmic baryons. Our CROCODILE simulations, performed with the GADGET3/4-OSAKA smoothed particle hydrodynamics code, include star formation, supernova (SN) and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-10 Zhao Joseph Zhang , Kentaro Nagamine , Yuri Oku , Khee-Gan Lee , Keita Fukushima , Kazuki Tomaru , Bing Zhang , Isabel Medlock , Daisuke Nagai
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