Multi-wavelength Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazars - the GLAST Connection

伽马射线耀变体的多波长观测 - GLAST 连接

• 批准号: 0808050
• 负责人: Anthony C. Readhead
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0808050&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multi; wavelength; Observations; Gamma; Ray

The investigators will carry out an extensive research program to examine, at other wavelengths, blazar sources of gamma rays observed by GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Aperture Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2008). The work will consist of radio monitoring, VLBA radio imaging and polarimetry, optical identification, and optical spectral line observations which will provide a multifrequency foundation for the GLAST blazar observations. They will carry out a flux density monitoring campaign on the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40m and Torun 32m telescopes, and an intensive identification and spectral line observational program at Palomar, Keck, the Hobby-Eberley Telesope, and the SALT and ESO telescopes in the southern hemisphere.The broader impacts include working with a Chilean graduate student and developing projects and teacher tools that will be used by students in fourteen states of the United States and in several other countries. One third of the time on the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40m Telescope will be dedicated to K-12 programs involved in GLAST observations.

研究人员将开展一项广泛的研究计划，在其他波长下检查GLAST（伽马射线大孔径太空望远镜，计划于2008年发射）观测到的伽马射线耀变体源。 这项工作将包括无线电监测、VLBA无线电成像和偏振测量、光学识别和光学谱线观测，这将为GLAST blazar观测提供多频基础。 他们将在欧文斯谷射电天文台40米和托伦32米望远镜上进行通量密度监测活动，并在帕洛玛、凯克、霍比-埃伯利望远镜上进行密集的识别和谱线观测计划，以及南半球的SALT和ESO望远镜。更广泛的影响包括与智利研究生合作，开发项目和教师工具，供学生在美国的14个州和其他几个国家。欧文斯谷射电天文台40米望远镜三分之一的时间将用于参与GLAST观测的K-12计划。