Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857]Researchers: A/Prof Jean-Pierre Macquart (Chief Investigator) , A/Prof Ryan Shannon (Chief Investigator) , ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) , Keith Bannister (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Weighing the Universe using fast radio bursts. Fast radio bursts are a newly-discovered astronomical phenomenon whose millisecond-timescale emission occurs at cosmological distances, rendering them exceptional probes of the matter that lies in intergalactic space. This project aims to measure the positions and obtain the distances to these bursts to make a direct measurement of the density of ordinary matter in the Universe, at least 50 per cent of which is believed to remain undetected in intergalactic space. This project will measure the distribution of this missing matter, and find how it has evolved throughout the history of the Universe. This will provide significant benefits, such as addressing two fundamental questions about our Universe: how much matter does it contain, and has a large fraction of it hitherto evaded detection in intergalactic space?
Funding Amount $367,072
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- ARC : DP180100857
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857
