The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded $347,617 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the California Institute of Technology to conduct research on Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. The award will support gathering and analyzing data on FRBs discovered with the new Deep Synoptic Array telescope and optical observations of FRB host galaxies. Funding will also support developing an education program involving students from high school through graduate school in commissioning all-sky radio burst detectors and analyzing resulting data to investigate the nature of FRBs and the intergalactic medium through which radio pulses propagate. Dispersion measure studies of FRBs will provide insight into baryon content in galaxy halos at different mass scales. The award aligns with the NSF's statutory mission to advance mathematical and physical sciences knowledge and strengthen the U.S. scientific enterprise.
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