Fast Radio Burst Cosmology and HIRAX. (arXiv:1905.07132v1 [astro-ph.CO])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Weltman_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Amanda Weltman</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Walters_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Anthony Walters</a>
Until very recently we had as many theories to explain Fast Radio Bursts as
we have observations of them. An explosion of data is coming, if not here
already, and thus it is an opportune time to understand how we can use FRBs for
cosmology. The HIRAX experiment, based mostly in South Africa, will be one such
experiment, designed not only to observe large numbers of FRBs but also to
localise them. In this short article we consider briefly, some ways in which
HIRAX can change the landscape of FRB cosmology.
Until very recently we had as many theories to explain Fast Radio Bursts as
we have observations of them. An explosion of data is coming, if not here
already, and thus it is an opportune time to understand how we can use FRBs for
cosmology. The HIRAX experiment, based mostly in South Africa, will be one such
experiment, designed not only to observe large numbers of FRBs but also to
localise them. In this short article we consider briefly, some ways in which
HIRAX can change the landscape of FRB cosmology.
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