The radio transient sky in real time

实时无线电瞬变天空

• 批准号: FT150100099
• 负责人: Prof Tara Murphy
• 金额: $ 56.81万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-06-06 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT150100099
• 关键词: radio; transient; sky; real; time

This project plans to use three new Australian telescopes to conduct the most comprehensive search ever made for transient sources. Transient phenomena (astronomical objects that appear and disappear or change rapidly) are laboratories for exploring some of the most extreme processes in the Universe. Radio astronomy is on the verge of a revolution in the study of transients, made possible by new technology. The project aims to leverage the learnings from the new technology by developing intelligent algorithms able to extract weak signals from massive datasets to find rare and exotic objects ranging from extra-solar planets to gamma-ray bursts, exploring the unknown in ways that have previously not been possible. These algorithms may have broad impact in astronomy.

这个项目计划使用三个新的澳大利亚望远镜来对瞬变源进行最全面的搜索。瞬变现象（出现和消失或迅速变化的天体）是探索宇宙中一些最极端过程的实验室。由于新技术的发展，射电天文学即将迎来一场研究瞬变现象的革命。该项目旨在通过开发智能算法来利用新技术的学习成果，这些算法能够从大量数据集中提取微弱信号，以寻找从太阳系外行星到伽马射线暴等罕见和奇异的物体，以以前不可能的方式探索未知。这些算法可能对天文学产生广泛的影响。