Identifying the source of perytons at the Parkes radio telescope
Identifying the source of perytons at the Parkes radio telescope
'Perytons' are millisecond-duration transients of terrestrial origin, whose frequency-swept emission mimics the dispersion of an astrophysical pulse that has propagated through tenuous cold plasma. In fact, their similarity to FRB 010724 had previously cast a shadow over the interpretation of 'fast radio bursts' (FRBs), which otherwise appear to be of …