Speaker
Stella Koch Ocker
(California Institute of Technology)
Description
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are dispersed and scattered by plasma density fluctuations along the line-of-sight, making them sensitive probes of diffuse ionized gas across interstellar, circumgalactic, and intergalactic media. In this talk I will discuss how FRB propagation effects are unveiling cosmic plasmas at extremely small (sub-au) spatial scales in both interstellar and circumgalactic media, and how they may be used in tandem with quasars to constrain the turbulent dynamics of ionized gas in these environments.
External references
- 25080005
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