Title：The physics of fast radio bursts

Speaker：Bing Zhang（UNLV）

Time： 4:15 pm May 30th (Thursday)

Tencent Meeting： 42915400486 password: 6360

Location: Lecture Hall, 3rd floor

Abstract：

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious radio bursts from deep space. I’ll discuss observational progress and how the current data constrain the physical origin(s) of FRBs. The specific questions to be addressed include: what sources make FRBs; what is the emission site of FRBs; and what are the radiation mechanisms of FRBs. The rich data collected from the FAST telescope will be highlighted, which carries the key to addressing these questions.

CV：Bing Zhang is a Distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the founding director of the Nevada Center for Astrophysics, and a fellow of the American Physical Society. His research interest covers a wide range of topics in multi-messenger, high-energy astrophysics, in particular, the physics of gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts, and electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves.