Seminar: The Latest on Fast Radio Bursts
Guest Lecturer: Professor Victoria Kaspi, Physics Department, Director of the Trottier Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Fast Radio Bursts continue to be one of astrophysics’ most intriguing mysteries. What can these brief, powerful bursts of radio waves reveal about the universe?
The Institute of Advanced Studies is honored to host Professor Victoria Kaspi, Director of the Trottier Space Institute at McGill University, as part of the Lowy Distinguished Guest Professors program.
As part of the Seminar in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Professor Kaspi will deliver a lecture titled The Latest on Fast Radio Bursts. She will review the current state of the field, focusing on recent observations from the CHIME radio telescope, the world’s most powerful FRB detector, and its new Outrigger telescopes, now fully operational, enabling a novel method of “synoptic” VLBI. Key questions include whether all FRBs repeat or if there are multiple classes of sources.
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 11:00
Where: Holcblat Hall (7), Shenkar Physics Building
The seminar will be conducted in English and is open to the public.
