Blinkverse: A Database of Fast Radio Bursts

TL;DR

Blinkverse is a comprehensive, regularly updated database of fast radio bursts (FRBs) that consolidates data from multiple observatories, enabling systematic analysis and visualization of FRB properties and classifications.

Contribution

This work introduces Blinkverse, a new centralized platform that aggregates FRB data, including dynamic spectra, and offers tools for analysis and visualization, surpassing existing databases.

Findings

Distinct energy distributions for repeaters and non-repeaters

Analysis of period patterns in FRBs

Enhanced access to FRB dynamic spectra

Abstract

The volume of research on fast radio bursts (FRBs) observation have been seeing a dramatic growth. To facilitate the systematic analysis of the FRB population, we established a database platform, Blinkverse (https://blinkverse.alkaidos.cn), as a central inventory of FRBs from various observatories and with published properties, particularly dynamic spectra from FAST, CHIME, GBT, Arecibo, etc. Blinkverse thus not only forms a superset of FRBCAT, TNS, and CHIME/FRB, but also provides convenient access to thousands of FRB dynamic spectra from FAST, some of which were not available before. Blinkverse is regularly maintained and will be updated by external users in the future. Data entries of FRBs can be retrieved through parameter searches through FRB location, fluence, etc., and their logical combinations. Interactive visualization was built into the platform. We analyzed the energy distribution, period analysis, and classification of FRBs based on data downloaded from Blinkverse. The energy distributions of repeaters and non-repeaters are found to be distinct from one another.