Astronomy Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory

五学院射电天文台的天文研究

• 批准号: 0100793
• 负责人: Frederic Schloerb
• 金额: $ 278.28万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-03-01 至 2004-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0100793&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Astronomy; Research; Five; College; Radio

Schloerb, F. PeterUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAstronomy Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy ObservatoryThe Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at the University of Massachusetts is a group of scientists and engineers who work together in support of a research program in millimeter-wave astronomy. The FCRAO program emphasizes three principal areas: (1) astronomical research; (2) development of state-of-the-art instrumentation; and (3) training of graduate and undergraduate students in observational astronomy and astronomical instrumentation. The program is currently known for its operation of a 14m diameter millimeter-wave telescope in Massachusetts. However, in order to remain at the forefront of research, the Observatory is participating with the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (INAOE) in the construction, in Mexico, of a 50m diameter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), to be completed in 2004. The research to be undertaken involves continued operations of the FCRAO 14m telescope for scientific observations, and the initial stages of transition to the new facility. The latter includes development and testing of new LMT instrumentation (a wide-band correlator, a 1mm SIS receiver, a wavefront sensing system for pointing corrections, and a holography system), and work on antenna monitor and control systems.***

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特五学院射电天文台的天文学研究马萨诸塞大学的五学院射电天文台是一群科学家和工程师，他们共同支持毫米波天文学的研究计划。FCRAO计划强调三个主要领域：(1)天文研究；(2)最先进仪器的发展；以及(3)对研究生和本科生进行观测天文学和天文仪器方面的培训。该项目目前因其在马萨诸塞州运行的直径14米的毫米波望远镜而闻名。然而，为了保持在研究的前沿，天文台正与墨西哥国家天体光学电子研究所(INAOE)一起在墨西哥建造一座直径50米的大毫米望远镜，该望远镜将于2004年完工。将开展的研究包括继续运行FCRAO 14米望远镜进行科学观测，以及向新设施过渡的初始阶段。后者包括开发和测试新的LMT仪器(宽带相关器、1 mm SIS接收器、用于指向校正的波前传感系统和全息系统)，以及天线监测和控制系统。