Largest collection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) catalogue
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Researchers from the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), have assembled the largest collection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) catalogue.
The data is from Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME).
In 2020, NASA spotted FRB for the first time in the Milky Way.
The new catalogue expands the current library of known FRBs, and is already helping in understanding their properties.
About Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)
FRBs are bright bursts of radio waves whose durations lie in the millisecond-scale, because of which it is difficult to detect them and determine their position in the sky.
It was first discovered in 2007.
Their origins are unknown and their appearance is highly unpredictable.
About CHIME:
It is a novel radio telescope that has no moving parts.
It is optimized to have a high mapping speed.
It is located at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Canada.
Significance of Studying FRBs
These phenomena can be used to answer some long-standing questions about the universe.
It can be used to understand the three–dimensional structure of matter in the universe
