The Last 8 Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

最后80亿年的宇宙演化

• 批准号: DP0772084
• 负责人: Prof Warrick Couch
• 金额: $ 40.81万
• 依托单位: Swinburne University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0772084
• 关键词: Last; Billion; Years; Cosmic; Evolution

A key factor in Australia's international prominence in astronomy has been the development and use of innovative instrumentation on its telescopes to undertake major leading-edge surveys. This project will enhance this reputation by using the new AAOmega facility on the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope to make the largest ever survey of galaxies in the distant universe. This will allow us to address the two most important issues in cosmology today - the nature of the "dark energy" that is causing the universe's expansion to accelerate, and the detailed role of dark matter in galaxy formation and evolution.

澳大利亚在天文学方面具有国际显赫地位的一个关键因素是开发和使用其望远镜上的创新仪器来进行重大的前沿调查。该项目将利用3.9米英澳望远镜上的新AAOmega设备，对遥远宇宙中的星系进行有史以来最大规模的调查，从而提高这一声誉。这将使我们能够解决当今宇宙学中最重要的两个问题--导致宇宙加速膨胀的“暗能量”的性质，以及暗物质在星系形成和演化中的详细作用。