The next generation fast radio burst detector for Australia

澳大利亚下一代快速无线电爆发探测器

• 批准号: LE210100107
• 负责人: A/Prof Ryan Shannon
• 金额: $ 44.81万
• 依托单位: Swinburne University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-02-28 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE210100107
• 关键词: next; generation; fast; radio; burst

This project intends to provide a next-generation fast radio burst detector for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. The project expects to both transform our understanding of fast radio bursts, enigmatic flashes of radio waves of unknown origin, but also use the bursts as tools to study the cosmic web of matter that resides in intergalactic space. To do so, the project aims to deliver a more sensitive detection system capable of localising a large sample of fast radio bursts to greater distances, found commensal to other observations. This should provide significant benefit, including the resolutions to key open astrophysical questions and improved scientific outcomes for transient searches with the Square Kilometre Array.

该项目旨在为澳大利亚平方公里阵列探路者提供下一代快速射电爆发探测器。 该项目期望既能改变我们对快速射电爆发（来源不明的无线电波的神秘闪光）的理解，又能利用这些爆发作为研究存在于星系间空间的宇宙物质网络的工具。为此，该项目旨在提供一种更灵敏的探测系统，能够将大量快速射电爆发样本定位到更远的距离，这与其他观测结果是共存的。这应该会带来显着的好处，包括解决关键的开放天体物理问题，并改善平方公里阵列瞬态搜索的科学成果。