NICER observation list: Target ID 453601

The repeating FRB 180916 has been of great interest to the scientific community very recently, after it has been detected with a 16.35 days activity cycle. The source is one of the nearest among the FRBs (150 Mpc), and also well localized in the sky, making it a unique testbed for multi-wavelength follow-up studies to unravel the origin of FRBs. We propose to observe the source with NICER for a total of 50 ks during the 5 days of bursting phase, particularly covering the the 0.6 day long peak burst phase. The burst rate of FRB180916 is about 1-2 per hour, therefore we expect to be contemporaneous with at least 20 radio bursts during our 50 ks observation. Any detection in the X-ray bands from the FRB will be a seminal discovery in the field.