for prompt or persistent multiwavelength
counterparts and to constrain magnetar-
based models. Lorimer, D. R., et al., “A Bright Millisecond Radio
Burst of Extragalactic Origin,” Science, 318: 777,
2007
Finally, not only are FRBs an intriguing new
astrophysical transient, but they also pro-
vide the opportunity to investigate the his-
tory of the Universe by probing the baryonic
content on large cosmological scales. Marcote, B., et al., “The Repeating Fast Radio
Burst FRB 121102 as Seen on Milliarcsecond An-
gular Scales,” The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
834: L8, 2017
Benito Marcote is a permanent Support Scien-
tist of the European VLBI Network and located
at JIVE in the Netherlands. He can be reached at:
[email protected]
Kenzie Nimmo is a PhD researcher at the Univer-
sity of Amsterdam and ASTRON in the Nether-
lands. She can be reached at: [email protected]
Shriharsh Tendulkar is a former postdoctoral
fellow at the McGill Space Institute and Depart-
ment of Physics, McGill University. He can be
reached at: [email protected]
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