ABSTRACT
I review the recent progress in studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), fast X-ray transients (FXTs), and fast radio bursts (FRBs) within the context of multi-wavelength (MW) and multi-messenger (MM) transient astrophysics. Special attention is paid to the breakthrough observations made with the Einstein Probe, SVOM space telescopes, and the FAST radio telescope. Current understanding and open questions in these areas are highlighted, with a discussion of the prospects of making further progress in the MM front in the upcoming decade.
BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Bing Zhang is a Global STEM Chair Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, he was a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Founding Director of the Nevada Center for Astrophysics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He received his B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D. from Peking University, and had postdoc experience at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Penn State University before joining UNLV. He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and has published over 600 refereed papers with more than 45,000 citations. He is one of the “highly ranked scholars in astronomy during lifetime” identified by ScholarGPS in 2024. He served as PI of the FAST FRB Key Science Project, and is serving as Chair of the multi-messenger science topical panel and a member of the science management committee for the Einstein Probe mission, as well as Mission Scientist and convenor of the GRB science working group of the Chinese-French SVOM GRB mission.
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