Accurately localizing fast radio bursts (FRBs) is essential for understanding their birth environments and for their use as cosmological probes. Recent advances in radio interferometry, particularly with MeerKAT, have enabled the localization of individual bursts with arcsecond precision. In this work, we present the localization of 15 apparently non-repeating FRBs detected with MeerKAT. Two of the FRBs, discovered in 2022, were localized in 8 s images from the projects that MeerTRAP was commensal to, while eight were localized using the transient buffer (TB) pipeline, and another one through SeeKAT, all with arcsecond precision. Four additional FRBs lacked TB triggers and sufficient signal, limiting their localization only to arcminute precision. For eight of the FRBs in our sample, we identify host galaxies with greater than 90 per cent confidence, and one with 80 per cent confidence, while two FRBs have ambiguous associations. We measured spectroscopic redshifts for six host galaxies, ranging from 0.33 to 0.85, demonstrating MeerKAT's sensitivity to high-redshift FRBs. We modelled the spectral energy distributions of host galaxies with sufficient photometric coverage to derive their stellar population and star formation properties. This work represents one of the largest uniform samples of well-localized distant FRBs to date, laying the groundwork for using MeerKAT FRBs as cosmological probes and understand how FRB hosts evolve at high redshift.
We present Very Large Telescope/X-Shooter spectroscopy for the host galaxies of 12 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Australian SKA Pathfinder observed through the "Fast and Unbiased FRB Host Galaxy (FURBY)" Large Programme at the European Southern Observatory, which imposes strict selection criteria on the included FRBs and their host galaxies to produce a homogeneous and well-defined sample. We describe the data reduction and analysis of these spectra and report their redshifts, line-emission fluxes, and derived host properties. From the present sample, this paper focuses on the faint host of FRB 20230708A (mR = 22.53 +/- 0.02) identified at low redshift (z = 0.1050). This indicates an intrinsically very low-luminosity galaxy (L approximate to 108L circle dot), making it the lowest-luminosity nonrepeating FRB host to date by a factor of similar to 3 and slightly dimmer than the lowest-luminosity host for repeating FRBs. Our spectral energy distribution fitting analysis reveals a low stellar mass (M* approximate to 108.0M circle dot), low star formation rate (SFR approximate to 0.04M circle dot yr-1), and very low metallicity( 12+log(O/H)similar to(8.0-8.3) ), distinct from the more massive galaxies (log(M/M circle dot) similar to 10) that are commonly identified for nonrepeating FRBs. Its discovery demonstrates that FRBs can arise in the faintest, metal-poor galaxies of the Universe. In turn, this suggests that at least one FRB progenitor channel must include stars (or their remnants) created in very low metallicity environments. This indicates better prospects for detecting FRBs from the high-z Universe where young, low-mass galaxies proliferate.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are bright extragalactic transients with several mysteries surrounding their origins. Large FRB samples enable accurate measurements of the cosmic matter distribution, in particular on scales ≲ 10 Mpc. These measurements will impact cosmological inference and our understanding of astrophysical feedback, from the circumgalactic medium to cluster scales. Here we forecast the expected yields, redshifts, and host galaxies of FRBs as observed by the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA), and describe the key science cases enabled by the large FRB sample. The DSA will be an interferometer consisting of 1650×6.15 m antennas, operating between 0.7–2 GHz, to be located in Nevada, USA. The Chronoscope backend on the DSA, hereafter DSA/Chronoscope, is designed to search for FRBs across the field of view in real time, enabling the storage of full-polarization voltage data. Extrapolating from existing FRB surveys, we expect roughly 10^4 FRB detections per year in each of three search sub-bands. Combining across sub-bands, the survey could produce ∼ 10^5 FRBs over the nominal 5-year DSA survey, assuming Euclidean source counts and a baseline compute backend that can search 6×10^6 beams at 1 ms sampling. The well-characterized DSA synthesized beam and deep simultaneous reference images will enable localization precisions of ≲ 250 milliarcseconds. Key science cases include the use of FRB propagation effects in probing cosmic baryons, and studies of the FRB phenomenon using FRB host galaxies and their local environment, as well as multiwavelength counterparts.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are luminous, dispersed pulses of extragalactic origin. The physics of the emission mechanism, the progenitor environment, and their origin are unclear. Some repeating FRBs exhibit a frequency-dependent decrease in linear polarization fraction. This has been attributed to multipath propagation in a surrounding complex magneto-ionic environment. In this framework, the depolarization magnitude can be quantified using the parameter sigma'(RM), which can be used to model the magneto-ionic complexity of the medium. In addition to depolarization, some repeating sources (specifically, those with complex magneto-ionic environments) have been identified to have co-located persistent radio sources (PRS). Searches for depolarization of non-repeating sources are challenging due to the limited bandwidth of most FRB detection systems. However, even with a limited bandwidth, such depolarization can be identified if it lies within the sigma'(RM)sensitivity window of the telescope. In this paper, we present a search for depolarization in 12 one-off FRBs detected by the Australian SKA Pathfinder. We report on a strongly depolarized (apparently) non-repeating FRB detected by ASKAP (FRB 20230526A). The source shows a decrease in linear polarization fraction from similar to 60 per cent at 1440 MHz to similar to 20 per cent at 1110 MHz. We also report constraints on the presence of a PRS coincident with FRB 20230526A using observations obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We use this to study the relationship between sigma'(RM) and PRS luminosity. Our investigation supports a scenario in which repeaters and non-repeaters share a common origin and where non-repeaters represent an older population relative to repeating FRB sources.
FRB20250613A is a repeating FRB discovered by the Australian SKA Pathfinder and localised to a low-metallicity dwarf galaxy at a redshift of z = 0.0987 ± 0.0001. FRB 20250613A exhibits a plethora of exotic features that likely overlay the imprint of the circum-burst environment on some intrinsic features of the source. Here we perform a comprehensive analysis of bursts detected by ASKAP, MeerKAT, and the Murriyang Parkes radio telescopes. Bursts during the MeerKAT epoch show a large apparent variance in scattering on timescales of minutes to hours. Polarimetric analysis of the full sample shows spectral depolarisation with variability on timescales of days and changes in rotation measure of ∼ 300 rad m^-2 over days to months. This suggests a highly turbulent magneto-ionised environment. We find significant preference for separations of ∼6.8±0.8 ms in multi-component bursts that we suggest is likely intrinsic to the burst emission mechanism. Finally, we find that a subset of bursts exhibit variations in these propagation effects on burst components separated by just milliseconds, that are difficult to explain by changing sightlines, but plausibly due to non-linear plasma effects in the circum-burst environment caused by the high field strength of the FRB emission. These properties, which demand a nearby turbulent screen of material, are all consistent with the FRB progenitor being embedded in the dense stellar wind of a Be star binary companion, objects which are relatively plentiful in low-mass and low-metallicity galaxies like the FRB20250613A host.
We present spatially resolved spectra and infer the time-delays between the multiple images of the strongly gravitationally lensed superluminous supernova (SLSN) 2025wny at z=2.015. SN 2025wny is the first known spatially resolved strongly lensed SLSN and provides a unique opportunity to measure lensing delays through the temporal evolution of supernova spectra. We present a spectroscopic dataset spanning several months, including spatially resolved spectra of images A, B, C, D, and E. We identify and measure the wavelength evolution of spectral features using Gaussian-process modeling. The time delays are inferred by jointly fitting the temporal evolution of the spectral features, yielding Δt_AB=-10.3 ± 2.3, Δt_AC=0.1 ± 3.6, Δt_AD=-65.7 ± 3.5, and Δt_AE=3.7 ± 8.8 days (68
We present a comprehensive analysis of the host galaxies of 11 luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs). We model new and archival host photometry and spectroscopy with Prospector. We determine that all LFBOT hosts are actively star-forming with recent bursts of star formation and have a median stellar mass of log(M*/M circle dot)=9.61-1.61+0.74 , present-day star formation rate SFR = 0.99-0.95+14.85 M circle dot yr-1, and gas-phase oxygen abundance metallicity 12+log(O/H) = 8.59-0.22+0.18 . To contextualize these results, we compare them to the host properties of hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I), several core-collapse supernova (CCSN)subtypes (SNe Ibc, II, and Ibn), and long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs). We find that LFBOT hosts are more star-forming than CCSN hosts, but less star-forming than SLSN-I hosts. We further show that LFBOT hosts are more metal-poor than SN Ibc and II hosts, but more metal-rich than SLSN-I and LGRB hosts. Finally, we find that, similar to SLSNe-I and unlike CCSNe and LGRBs, a large fraction of LFBOTs occur in their hosts' faintest pixel or outside their host galaxy's light. Our results indicate that LFBOTs have a massive stellar origin that does not trace active star-forming regions within their hosts and have a weaker metallicity-dependence than other extreme transients. For these reasons, we favor a compact-object and Wolf-Rayet star merger progenitor scenario over other previously proposed models, such as tidal disruption events and failed or successful CCSN. Future discoveries of LFBOTs with the Rubin Observatory will help to increase their sample size and place firmer constraints on their environments and progenitors.
We found two highly scattered Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) during commissioning of the Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient COherent (CRACO) backend. FRB 240210D and FRB 240312D have scattering times of 34±6 and 300±48 ms, respectively, when scaled to 1 GHz. FRB 240312D originates near a spiral arm of a face-on galaxy at a redshift of only 0.05. Scintillation from a Milky Way screen constrains the distance of the scattering screen to ∼ 10 pc from the source. FRB 240312D is therefore the first highly scattered FRB where scattering screens in the host galaxy centre, a background galaxy, or intervening structures can all be excluded, leaving only the circumsource medium. Integral field spectroscopy of the host reveals a Milky Way-like galaxy with a star-formation region at the FRB position. We find refractive scattering in a pulsar wind nebula as the most likely scattering origin. However, the explanation is not completely satisfactory as it requires a fine-tuned orientation. Hence, additional theoretical studies under different FRB progenitor models are needed. From the two FRBs, we calculate a total rate of R_tot=210^+460_-180 events sky^-1day^-1 with durations between 55.2 ms and 1 s and above a fluence of 9 Jy ms consistent with the rate of shorter FRBs. This elevated rate suggests that the strong scattering seen in other FRBs likewise does not arise from chance-aligned sightlines, but is instead causally linked to the FRB sources.
SN 2025wny is a gravitationally lensed, hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) at z = 2.015. To date, it is the most extensively observed high-redshift core-collapse SN and has the most detailed rest-frame UV observations of any SLSN. We present densely sampled rest-frame UV-to-optical photometry and spectroscopy out to +80 d post-peak (rest frame) from several facilities, including JWST, Keck, VLT, Gemini, the Palomar 200-inch, the Fraunhofer Telescope at Wendelstein, and the Liverpool Telescope. Correcting for lensing magnification, SN 2025wny reaches a peak pseudo-bolometric luminosity of L_ peak≳4×10^44 erg s^-1 over rest-frame 1500-4230 Å, placing it within the luminosity range of typical SLSNe-I. SN 2025wny exhibits several unusual features, including a continuum excess and sharp spectral features in the FUV from +20-60 d that coincide with an FUV light-curve plateau and higher inferred blackbody temperatures. SN 2025wny's spectra also show little to no UV line blanketing, no obvious O II absorption despite high temperatures, and evidence for C II, Hα, and possible He I. Light-curve modeling suggests that SN 2025wny may require a hybrid or non-standard power source. This work provides some of the first detailed constraints on high-redshift SLSNe and establishes SN 2025wny as an essential spectral and photometric reference for identifying and interpreting high-redshift SLSNe discovered by Rubin and Roman.
We present extensive ultraviolet to optical photometric and optical to near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic follow-up observations of the nearby intermediate-luminosity (MV = -16.81 +/- 0.19 mag) Type Iax supernovae (SNe Iax) 2024pxl in NGC 6384. SN 2024pxl exhibits a faster light curve than the high-luminosity members of this class, and slower than low-luminosity events. The observationally well-constrained rise time of similar to 11 days and an estimated synthesized 56Ni mass of 0.03 M circle dot, based on analytical modeling of the integrated spectral energy distribution light curve, are consistent with models of the weak deflagration of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf. Our optical spectral sequence of SN 2024pxl shows weak Si ii lines and spectral evolution similar to other high-luminosity SNe Iax, but also a prominent early-time C ii line, like lower-luminosity SNe Iax. The late-time optical spectrum of SN 2024pxl closely matches that of SN 2014dt, and its NIR spectral evolution aligns with that of other well-studied, high-luminosity SNe Iax. The spectral-line expansion velocities of SN 2024pxl are at the lower end of the SNe Iax velocity distribution, and the velocity distribution of iron-group elements compared to intermediate-mass elements suggests that the ejecta are mixed on large scales, as expected in pure deflagration models. SN 2024pxl exhibits characteristics intermediate between those of high-luminosity and low-luminosity SNe Iax, further establishing a link across this diverse class.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients that serve as unique probes of ionizedextragalactic matter. We report the discovery and localization of two FRBs piercing the Andromeda galaxy (M31) with the realfast transient-detection system at the Very Large Array. These unique sightlines enable constraints on M31’s electron density distribution. We localized FRB 20230930A to a host galaxy at redshift z = 0.0925 and FRB 20230506C to a host galaxy at redshift z = 0.3896. After accounting for the dispersion contributions from the Milky Way, the host galaxies, and the intergalactic medium, we estimate M31’s contribution to be 26–239 pc cm ^−3 toward FRB 20230930A and 51–366 pc cm ^−3 toward FRB 20230506C, within the 90% credible interval (CI). By modeling the M31 disk’s contribution, we isolate the halo component and find that M31’s halo contributes 7–169 pc cm ^−3 along FRB 20230930A (90% CI). The inferred values of DM _M31,halo from the FRBs are consistent with predictions from a modified Navarro–Frenk–White profile at the corresponding impact parameter. The cool and warm phase gas is unlikely to account for the DM _M31,halo unless the ionization fraction is as high as 90%. While limited to two sightlines, these results offer tentative evidence for the existence of a hot halo surrounding M31. We also discuss the potential contribution of other foreground structures, particularly in explaining the DM excess observed in FRB 20230506C. This work demonstrates how FRBs can be used to probe the circumgalactic medium of intervening galaxies.
We examine the energy distribution of the fast radio burst (FRB) population using a well-defined sample of 63 FRBs from the ASKAP radio telescope, 28 of which are localised to a host galaxy. We apply the luminosity-volume (V/Vmax) test to examine the distribution of these transient sources, accounting for cosmological and instrumental effects, and determine the energy distribution for the sampled population over the redshift range 0.01 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 1.02. We find the distribution between 10(23) and 10(26)J Hz(-1) to be consistent with both a pure power-law with differential slope gamma = -1.96 +/- 0.15, and a Schechter function with gamma=-1.82 +/- 0.12 and downturn energy E-max similar to 6.3 & sdot;10(25 )J Hz(-1). We identify systematic effects which currently limit our ability to probe the luminosity function outside this range and give a prescription for their treatment. Finally, we find that with the current dataset, we are unable to distinguish between the evolutionary and spectral models considered in this work.
We present panchromatic optical + near-infrared (NIR) + mid-infrared (MIR) observations of the intermediate-luminosity Type Iax supernova (SN Iax) 2024pxl and the extremely low-luminosity SN Iax 2024vjm. JWST observations provide unprecedented MIR spectroscopy of SN Iax, spanning from +11 to +42 day past maximum light. We detect forbidden emission lines in the MIR at these early times while the optical and NIR are dominated by permitted lines with an absorption component. Panchromatic spectra at early times can thus simultaneously show nebular and photospheric lines, probing both inner and outer layers of the ejecta. We identify spectral lines not seen before in SN Iax, including [Mg ii ] 4.76 μ m, [Mg ii ] 9.71 μ m, [Ne ii ] 12.81 μ m, and isolated O i 2.76 μ m that traces unburned material. Forbidden emission lines of all species are centrally peaked with similar kinematic distributions, indicating that the ejecta are well mixed in both SN 2024pxl and SN 2024vjm, a hallmark of pure deflagration explosion models. Radiative transfer modeling of SN 2024pxl shows good agreement with a weak deflagration of a near-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf, but additional IR flux is needed to match the observations, potentially attributable to a surviving remnant. Similarly, we find SN 2024vjm is also best explained by a weak deflagration model, despite the large difference in luminosity between the two supernovae. Future modeling should push to even weaker explosions and include the contribution of a bound remnant. Our observations demonstrate the diagnostic power of panchromatic spectroscopy for unveiling explosion physics in thermonuclear supernovae.
GRB 220831A is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) with a duration and spectral peak energy that places it at the interface between the distribution of long-soft and short-hard GRBs. In this paper, we present the multiwavelength follow-up campaign to GRB 220831A and its optical, near-infrared, X-ray and radio counterparts. Our deep optical and near-infrared observations do not reveal an underlying host galaxy, and establish that GRB 220831A is observationally hostless to depth, m(i )greater than or similar to 26.6 AB mag. Based on the Amati relation and the non-detection of an accompanying supernova, we find that this GRB is most likely to have originated from a collapsar at z>2, but it could also possibly be a compact object merger at z<0.4 with a large separation distance from its host galaxy. Regardless of its origin, we show that its optical and near-infrared counterpart departs from the evolution expected from a dominated synchrotron afterglow, exhibiting a steep post-break temporal power-law index of -3.83(-0.79)(+0.62), too steep to be the jet-break. By analysing a range of models, we find that the observed steep departure from forward shock closure relations is likely due to an internal process producing either a flare or a plateau.
We probe the atomic hydrogen (Hi) emission from the host galaxies of fast radio bursts (FRBs) to investigate the emerging trend of disturbance and asymmetry in the population. Quadrupling the sample size, we detect 16 out of 17 new hosts in Hi, with the single non-detection arising in a galaxy known to be transitioning towards quiescence. With respect to typical local Universe galaxies, FRB hosts are generally massive in H-i ( M-HI >10(9) M-circle dot), which aligns with previous studies reporting that FRB hosts also tend to have high stellar masses and are star-forming. However, they span a broad range of other Hi derived properties. Using visual inspection alongside various asymmetry metrics, we identify six unambiguously settled host galaxies, demonstrating for the first time that a disturbed Hi morphology is not a universal feature of FRB host galaxies. However, we find another six that show clear signs of disturbance, one borderline case, and three which require deeper or more targeted observations to reach a conclusion; this brings the confirmed ratio of disturbed-to-settled FRB hosts to 11:6. Given that roughly a 1:1 ratio is expected for random background galaxies of similar type, our observed ratio yields a p-value of 0.222. Therefore, we conclude that contrary to earlier indications, there is no statistically significant excess of Hi disturbance in this sample of FRB host galaxies with respect to the general galaxy population, and hence we find no evidence for a fundamental connection between FRB progenitor formation and merger-induced star formation activity.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic millisecond-duration signals which encode otherwise unattainable information on the plasma which permeates our Universe, providing insights into magnetic fields and gas distributions. Here we report the discovery of FRB 20240304B originating at redshift 2.148 +/- 0.001 corresponding to just 3 billion years after the Big Bang. FRB 2024030 was detected with the MeerKAT radio telescope and localized to a low-mass, clumpy, star forming galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope. This discovery doubles the redshift reach of localized FRBs and probes ionized baryons across ~80% of cosmic history. Its sightline, intersecting the Virgo Cluster and a foreground group, reveals magnetic field complexity over many gigaparsec scales. Our observations establish FRB activity during the peak of cosmic star formation and demonstrate that FRBs can probe galaxy formation during the most active era in cosmic time.
We present deep optical and near-infrared observations of the host galaxies of 34 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transient (or CRAFT) survey on the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) to compare the locations of FRBs relative to their host light distributions. Incorporating three additional FRBs from the literature, for a total of four repeating and 33 apparently nonrepeating FRBs, we determine their projected galactocentric offsets and find a median of 4.2(-2.5)(+5.7) kpc ( 1.0(-0.6)(+1.5)re ). We model their host surface-brightness profiles and develop synthetic spatial distributions of their globular clusters (GCs) based on host properties. We calculate the likelihood the observed location of each FRB is consistent with the smooth light of its host galaxy, residual (primarily spiral) substructure, or GC distributions. The majority of FRBs favor locations within the disks of their galaxies, while only 11% +/- 5% favor a GC origin, primarily those with galactocentric offsets greater than or similar to 3r(e). At z < 0.15, where spiral structure is apparent in 86% of our sample of FRB hosts, we find approximate to 20%-46% of FRBs favor an association with spiral arms. Assuming FRBs derive from magnetars, our results support multiple formation channels, with the majority of progenitors associated with massive stars and a minority formed through dynamical channels. However, the moderate fraction of FRBs associated with spiral structure indicates that high star formation efficiency of the youngest and most massive stars is not a predominant driver in the production of FRB progenitors.
Fast radio burst (FRB) science primarily revolves around two facets: the origin of these bursts and their use in cosmological studies. This work follows from previous redshift-dispersion measure (z-DM) analyses in which we model instrumental biases and simultaneously fit population parameters and cosmological parameters to the observed population of FRBs. This sheds light on both the progenitors of FRBs and cosmological questions. Previously, we have completed similar analyses with data from the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murriyang (Parkes) Multibeam system. In this manuscript, we use 119 FRBs with 29 associated redshifts by additionally modelling the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) and the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). We also invoke a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampler and implement uncertainty in the Galactic DM contributions. The latter leads to larger uncertainties in derived model parameters than previous estimates despite the additional data and indicate that precise measurements of DM $_\textrm{ISM}$ will be important in the future. We provide refined constraints on FRB population parameters and derive a new constraint on the minimum FRB energy of log $E_{\mathrm{min}}$ (erg)=39.47 $<^>{+0.54}_{-1.28}$ which is significantly higher than bursts detected from strong repeaters. This result likely indicates a low-energy turnover in the luminosity function or may alternatively suggest that strong repeaters have a different luminosity function to single bursts. We also predict that FAST will detect 25-41% of their FRBs at $z \gtrsim 2$ and DSA will detect 2-12% of their FRBs at $z \gtrsim 1$ .
FRB 20220610A is a high-redshift Fast Radio Burst (FRB) that has not been observed to repeat. Here, we present rest-frame UV and optical $\textit{Hubble Space Telescope}$ observations of the field of FRB 20220610A. The imaging reveals seven extended sources, one of which we identify as the most likely host galaxy with a spectroscopic redshift of $z$=1.017. We spectroscopically confirm at least three additional sources to be at the same redshift, and identify the system as a compact galaxy group with possible signs of interaction among group members. We determine the host of FRB 20220610A to be a star-forming galaxy with stellar mass of $\approx10^{9.7}\,M_{\odot}$, mass-weighted age of $\approx2.6$~Gyr, and star formation rate (integrated over the last 100 Myr) of $\approx1.7$~M$_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$. These host properties are commensurate with the star-forming field galaxy population at z~1 and trace their properties analogously to the population of low-$z$ FRB hosts. Based on estimates of the total stellar mass of the galaxy group, we calculate a fiducial contribution to the observed Dispersion Measure (DM) from the intragroup medium of $\approx 110-220$ $\rm pc \, cm^{-3}$ (rest-frame). This leaves a significant excess of $500^{+272}_{-109}$ $\rm pc \, cm^{-3}$ (in the observer frame), with additional sources of DM possibly originating from the circumburst environment, host galaxy interstellar medium, and/or foreground structures along the line of sight. Given the low occurrence rates of galaxies in compact groups, the discovery of an FRB in such a group demonstrates a rare and novel environment in which FRBs can occur.
The dispersion measure of fast radio bursts (FRBs), arising from the interactions with free electrons along the propagation path, constitutes a unique probe of the cosmic baryon distribution. Their constraining power is further enhanced in combination with observations of the foreground large-scale structure and intervening galaxies. In this work, we present the first constraints on the partition of the cosmic baryons between the intergalactic medium (IGM) and circumgalactic medium (CGM), inferred from the FLIMFLAM spectroscopic survey. In its first data release, the FLIMFLAM survey targeted galaxies in the foreground of eight localized FRBs. Using Bayesian techniques, we reconstruct the underlying similar to Mpc-scale matter density field that is traced by the IGM gas. Simultaneously, deeper spectroscopy of intervening foreground galaxies (at impact parameters b perpendicular to less than or similar to r 200) and the FRB host galaxies constrains the contribution from the CGM. Applying Bayesian parameter inference to our data and assuming a fiducial set of priors, we infer the IGM cosmic baryon fraction to be figm=0.59-0.10+0.11 and a CGM gas fraction of fgas=0.55-0.29+0.26 for 1010 M circle dot less than or similar to M halo less than or similar to 1013 M circle dot halos. The mean FRB host dispersion measure (rest-frame) in our sample is < DMhost >=90-19+29pccm-3 , of which < DMhostunk >=69-19+28pccm-3 arises from the host galaxy interstellar medium (ISM) and/or the FRB progenitor environment. While our current f igm and f gas uncertainties are too broad to constrain most galactic feedback models, this result marks the first measurement of the IGM and CGM baryon fractions, as well as the first systematic separation of the FRB host dispersion measure into two components: arising from the halo and from the inner ISM/FRB engine.