GNOSIS: a new window on the early universe using revolutionary photonic technology

GNOSIS：利用革命性光子技术了解早期宇宙的新窗口

• 批准号: LE100100164
• 负责人: Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn
• 金额: $ 33.34万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-11-05 至 2010-11-05
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE100100164
• 关键词: GNOSIS; new; window; early; universe

Australian astronomers have a long history in innovative instrumentation and are some of the early pioneers in infrared astronomy. The GNOSIS project brings together leading Australian astronomers to build on past success. This facility instrument makes use of recent technological advances in photonics—a key strength of Australian research and industry—to provide a dramatic improvement in observational sensitivity at these wavelengths. This will allow Australian astronomers to carry out new science programmes that have not been possible to date. These programmes include unprecedented observations of very cool low mass stars, the first chemical information on dust-embedded star clusters, and accurate ages for distant galaxies.

澳大利亚天文学家在创新仪器方面有着悠久的历史，是红外天文学的早期先驱。GNOSIS项目将澳大利亚领先的天文学家聚集在一起，在过去成功的基础上再接再厉。该设施利用了光子学的最新技术进步-澳大利亚研究和工业的一个关键优势-在这些波长上大大提高了观测灵敏度。这将使澳大利亚天文学家能够开展迄今为止尚不可能的新的科学方案。这些计划包括对非常冷的低质量恒星进行前所未有的观测，首次获得尘埃嵌入的星星团的化学信息，以及遥远星系的精确年龄。