Design of Infrared Array Camera for Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory

密歇根-达特茅斯-麻省理工学院天文台红外阵列相机设计

• 批准号: 8908550
• 负责人: Susan Cooper
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-06-01 至 1990-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8908550&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Design; Infrared; Array; Camera; Michigan

This planning grant under the Research Opportunities for Women program will assist the Principal Investigator, whose experience has been in instrumentation for high energy physics, in switching her research activities into infrared astronomy. She will begin the design of an infrared array camera for the 1.3 meter and 2.4 meter telescopes, operated jointly by Michigan, Dartmouth, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The camera, operating in the 1-2.5 micron region, would be used to study very low mass stars, to search for galaxies in the process of formation, and to study the nuclei of active galaxies.

女性研究机会计划下的这项规划拨款将协助主要研究员（其在高能物理仪器方面的经验）将她的研究活动转向红外天文学。 她将开始为 1.3 米和 2.4 米望远镜设计红外阵列相机，该望远镜由密歇根州、达特茅斯学院和麻省理工学院 (MIT) 联合运营。 该相机在 1-2.5 微米范围内工作，将用于研究质量非常低的恒星、寻找形成过程中的星系以及研究活跃星系的核。