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: 0228993
• 负责人: Frederic Schloerb
• 金额: $ 650万
• 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: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0228993&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Astronomy; Research; Five; College; Radio

AST-0228993Schloerb, F. PeterThe 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 2005. The principal work to be carried out under this award is to make the transition to the new facility, including development and testing of new instrumentation to take advantage of the short 1mm-wavelength operating wavelength of the LMT, and support for telescope commissioning tasks. In addition, scientific research will continue to be supported at the 14m telescope until LMT operations commence.

麻省大学的五学院射电天文台是由一群科学家和工程师组成的，他们共同支持毫米波天文学的研究项目。FCRAO计划强调三个主要领域：(1)天文研究；(2)先进仪器的开发；(3)培养观测天文学和天文仪器专业的研究生和本科生。该项目目前以在马萨诸塞州运行直径14米的毫米波望远镜而闻名。然而，为了保持研究的前沿地位，天文台正在与墨西哥国家天文光学电子研究所（INAOE）合作，在墨西哥建造一个直径50米的大型毫米望远镜（LMT），该望远镜将于2005年完工。根据该合同进行的主要工作是过渡到新设施，包括开发和测试新仪器，以利用LMT的短1毫米工作波长，并支持望远镜调试任务。此外，14米望远镜的科学研究将继续得到支持，直到LMT开始运作。