The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning / McGill University
$50,000.00 CAD
≈ 8 months of average Canadian pay
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2023-2024
- Agreement period
- March 22, 2024 – March 31, 2026
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2023-2024-Q4-00027
Published purpose
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are energetic radio flashes that emanate from extragalactic sources of unknown origin. This project will use AstroSat and several sensitive ground-based radio telescopes (GBT, Effelsberg, and CHIME) to conduct simultaneous X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and radio observations of FRB 20200120E, the closest known extragalactic repeating FRB, during a radio outburst. AstroSat will be used to search for multiwavelength emission from the source. The results from this study will provide new insights into the enigmatic FRB phenomenon and enhance Canada's reputation in space astronomy.
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