Fast radio bursts: recent discoveries and future prospects
2017
Fast radio bursts(FRBs) are quickly becoming a subject of intense interest in
time-domain astronomy. The progenitors of FRBs remain unknown but a wide variety of models exist from
cataclysmicto repeating scenarios. Advances in FRB detection using current and next-generation
radio telescopeswill enable the growth of the population in the next few years. Real-time discovery of FRBs is now possible with 6 sources detected in real-time within the past 2 years at the Parkes telescope. Here we discuss the developing strategies for maximising real-time science with FRBs including polarisation capture and multi-wavelength follow-up, with particular focus on real-time detections with the Parkes telescope as a test bed for
fast radio burstscience. We also discuss how our response to these events can pave the way for the next generation of FRB searches with wide-field interferometers.
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