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Collaborative Research: The Definitive Follow-up Campaign for Fast Radio Bursts — NSF Award to CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAM

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are transient pulses of radio emission lasting only milliseconds. They are known to be coming from galaxies outside our own and are now a highly intense area of astrophysical pursuit, with over a thousand FRBs detected to date. A research team between the University of California Santa Cruz, No

Award titleCollaborative Research: The Definitive Follow-up Campaign for Fast Radio Bursts
Award ID2534995
AwardeeCAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION
CityARCATA
StateCA
Amount obligated$129,033
Principal investigatorRegina Jorgenson
ProgramSTELLAR ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSC
Start date09/01/2025
AbstractFast radio bursts (FRBs) are transient pulses of radio emission lasting only milliseconds. They are known to be coming from galaxies outside our own and are now a highly intense area of astrophysical pursuit, with over a thousand FRBs detected to date. A research team between the University of California Santa Cruz, Northwestern University and the Maria Mitchell Observatory (MMO) forms the core of the Fast and Fortunate for FRB Follow-up (F4) team, which has been funded by the NSF since 2019 to
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