Gravitational-Wave Constraints on the Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts

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The nature of fast radio bursts (FRBs) remains enigmatic.

• Highly energetic radio pulses of millisecond duration, FRBs are observed with dispersion measures consistent with an extragalactic source.
• A variety of models have been proposed to explain their origin.
• One popular class of theorized FRB progenitor is the coalescence of compact binaries composed of neutron stars and/or black holes.