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Fast Radio Bursts, or “FRBs”, are short, powerful, beams of radio waves that come from galaxies billions of light years away. But what causes them, and why haven't we noticed them until a few years ago? Join us to learn the answers to these questions and more at a night of astronomy! Timestamps below: 00:00 Announcements 04:08 Intro to Fast Radio Bursts Presentation 05:09 Fast Radio Bursts Presentation 33:35 Intro to Q&A Panel 37:03 Do Fast Radio Bursts produce gravitational waves? 37:59 Can we pinpoint the location of FRBs across the universe? 41:31 Is there benefit in searching for FRBs from a non-terrestrial telescope? 44:56 Do FRBs emit in other wavelengths of light? 48:53 What do we know about the interiors of exoplanets? 55:12 Will the James Webb Space Telescope image planets directly? 56:26 How will James Webb help us learn about Fast Radio Bursts? 58:28 What is the ETA for discovery of more FRBs? 1:01:00 What causes Fast Radio Bursts? 1:02:11 What is Planet 9? 1:08:51 What is the oldest/most distant FRB detected? 1:10:42 Why makes magnetars special as the origin of FRBs? Is the light beamed? 1:12:55 Are there any direct images of objects from the Oort Cloud? 1:14:30 How do you determine the mass of an exoplanet? 1:15:40 What is cosmological redshift (i.e., redshift of 8 or 9)? 1:22:58 Did we learn anything unexpected by Comet Shoemaker-Levy? 1:26:41 Is there any application for Fast Radio Burst research (or astrophysics in general)? 1:36:53 How long do planets take to form? 1:47:49 What effect do multiple star systems have on exoplanets? 1:49:25 What are the dangers of being too close to a neutron star / magnetar? 1:53:28 What are you most excited/disappointed about with the Decadal Survey? 2:01:10 Concluding Remarks Participants: Liam Connor: Liam is a Canadian astrophysicist who started as a Tolman Postdoctoral fellow at Caltech in the fall of 2020. Prior to that, he lived in The Netherlands working at the University of Amsterdam. Liam received his PhD in 2016 from the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. He began as a cosmologist, but transitioned to fast radio bursts halfway through his doctorate. He also works at the interface of artificial intelligence and astronomy, building new machine learning tools to better understand the Universe. In his free time Liam likes back-country skiing, puppet stop motion, and tending to his silkie chickens. https://liamconnorastro.com/ Dr. Stephanie Deppe [pronounced DEH-puh] is the Astronomy Content Strategist for the Vera Rubin Observatory, where she develops online content to share all the cool science the observatory will do after it turns on in 2024. In a past academic life she worked with the Dark Energy Survey collaboration to study…the solar system, actually, and her research group discovered over 800 new objects orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. Outside of astronomy and science communication, she loves hiking, rock climbing, baking, reading, and forcing her grumpy cat to hang out with her. Find her @SpaceSciSteph everywhere! www.spacescisteph.com Nicole Wallack is a PhD candidate in planetary science at Caltech. She uses space and ground based telescopes to study protoplanetary disks and the atmospheres of planets around other stars to try to understand how planets form and evolve. In addition to astronomy and science communication, she enjoys watching movies, reading, and baking fussy things. www.nicolewallack.org Dr. Cameron Hummels is a postdoctoral researcher in theoretical astrophysics at Caltech. He creates supercomputer simulations to study the formation and evolution of galaxies since the Big Bang. In addition to astrophysics and public education, he is really enthusiastic about trail-running, long-distance backpacking, brewing, chess, and the astronaut program. http://chummels.org
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