Explosive Astrophysics from Siding Spring Observatory

赛丁斯普林天文台的爆炸天体物理学

• 批准号: LE230100063
• 负责人: A/Prof Christopher Lidman
• 金额: $ 39.69万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE230100063
• 关键词: Explosive; Astrophysics; Siding; Spring; Observatory

This project aims to link telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory into a fully automated network that can discover and investigate explosive astronomical events. By linking these telescopes to one another, it will be possible to study these transitory events in great detail soon after they occur and before they fade away forever. The expected outcomes include a deeper understanding into what explodes, the mechanisms that lead to the explosions, and how these explosions shape their surroundings. This project will connect this network into similar networks that are now being assembled in other parts of the world, and allow participation by Australian astronomers in what will be a golden age in the study of explosive astronomical transients.

该项目旨在将四丁泉天文台的望远镜连接到一个可以发现和调查爆炸性天文事件的全自动网络中。通过将这些望远镜相互连接起来，就有可能在这些短暂事件发生后不久，在它们永远消失之前，对它们进行非常详细的研究。预期的结果包括更深入地了解什么会爆炸，导致爆炸的机制，以及这些爆炸如何塑造周围环境。该项目将把这个网络连接到世界其他地区正在组装的类似网络中，并允许澳大利亚天文学家参与到爆炸天文瞬变研究的黄金时代。