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Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn
📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141
📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947
00:00 Intro
02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts
09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs
18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements
24:60 Cosmic Positioning System
43:11 Alternative use cases
51:18 Current obsessions
52:23 Final thoughts
By Fraser Cain4.7
545545 ratings
Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MX3YWQVSjW8
Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn
📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141
📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947
00:00 Intro
02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts
09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs
18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements
24:60 Cosmic Positioning System
43:11 Alternative use cases
51:18 Current obsessions
52:23 Final thoughts

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