Transition: National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Management and Operation

过渡：国家射电天文台 (NRAO) 管理和运营

• 批准号: 1638875
• 负责人: Ethan Schreier
• 金额: $ 168.57万
• 依托单位: Associated Universities, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1638875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transition; National; Radio; Astronomy; Observatory

This award supports the transition of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) from the current model in which the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have been managed and operated as integral components of NRAO. From October 1, 2016 NRAO management and operations principally will encompass the Very Large Array (VLA), the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and associated support functions and development laboratories. GBO and VLBA will be managed and operated separately from NRAO. Operation of all these state-of-the-art radio telescopes provides important scientific capability to the U.S. community to explore fundamental scientific areas such as the formation of planets in other solar systems and the structure and evolution of the universe.A transition plan outlines the specific steps required within a six month period to revise operations of NRAO.

该奖项支持国家射电天文台（NRAO）从当前模式的过渡，其中绿色银行天文台（GBO）和甚长基线阵列（VLBA）已作为NRAO的组成部分进行管理和运营。从2016年10月1日起，NRAO的管理和运营将主要包括甚大阵列（VLA）、阿塔卡马大型毫米/亚毫米阵列（阿尔马）以及相关的支持功能和开发实验室。GBO和VLBA将与NRAO分开管理和运营。所有这些最先进的射电望远镜的运行为美国社会提供了重要的科学能力，以探索基础科学领域，如其他太阳系中行星的形成以及宇宙的结构和演化。