Solving the mystery of ultra luminous fast radio burst emission

快速射电爆发是最近发现的一种令人费解的天文现象，其毫秒级的辐射是由直径不到300公里的区域产生的，但其亮度如此之高，以至于在宇宙距离处都能看到。使用澳大利亚平方公里阵列探路器，我们已经定位了这些爆发，这成为了《科学》的封面，最近我们用它们找到了宇宙中失踪的重子物质。接下来，我们将以3纳秒的时间分辨率仔细观察这些爆发，达到探测它们产生超发光辐射的机制所需的时间尺度。该项目将揭示以前无法接触到的辐射特性，以揭开它们是如何产生的秘密。

Fast Radio Bursts are a recently discovered inexplicable astronomical phenomenon whose millisecond-timescale emission is generated by regions less than 300 kilometres across yet so luminous it is visible at cosmological distances. Using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder we have already localised these bursts, which made the front cover of Science, and recently used them to find the missing baryonic matter in the Universe. Next, we will scrutinise these bursts at three nanosecond time resolution, reaching the timescale necessary to probe the mechanism by which their ultra-luminous radiation is generated. This project will reveal previously inaccessible properties of the radiation to unlock the secrets of how they are produced.