Challenges for Fast Radio Bursts as Multi-Messenger Sources from Binary Neutron Star Mergers

Understand

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a newly discovered class of radio transients that emerge from cosmological sources and last for $\sim$ a few milliseconds.

• However, their origin remains a highly debated topic in astronomy.
• Among the plethora of cataclysmic events proposed as potential progenitors, binary neutron star (BNS) mergers have risen as compelling candidates for at least some subset of apparently non-repeating FRBs.
• However, this connection should not be drawn solely on the basis of chance coincidence probability.