Fast Radio Burst Tomography of the Unseen Universe

Abstract

The discovery of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) at cosmological distances has opened a powerful window on otherwise unseen matter in the Universe. In the 2020s, observations of $>10^4$ FRBs will assess the baryon contents and physical conditions in the hot/diffuse circumgalactic, intracluster, and intergalactic medium, and test extant compact-object dark matter models.

arXiv commentScience white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 15 pages, 3 color figures

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