28th of November 2015 |
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Five new Fast Radio Bursts |
by Simon Johnston (CASS) |
This figure from
Champion et al.
shows 5 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) discovered using the Parkes radio telescope
as part of the HTRU survey. FRB 121002 clearly shows a double structure and
also has the highest dispersion measure of any FRB found to date. The authors
revise the rate of FRBs to be 6000 per sky per day visible to the Parkes
telescope. Their origin remains a mystery! Reference: Champion et al. 2015, MNRAS, submitted |