Illuminating Magnetic Fields as the Scaffold of Gas in Galaxies

照亮磁场作为星系中气体的支架

• 批准号: FL210100039
• 负责人: Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths
• 金额: $ 225.5万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Australian Laureate Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-05-02 至 2027-05-01
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FL210100039
• 关键词: Illuminating; Magnetic; Fields; Scaffold; Gas

This program aims to reveal how gas and magnetic fields interact to set the fate of galaxies. The question of how galaxies evolve is one of the most fundamental in all of astronomy. Magnetism, alongside gravity, is one of the most influential forces in determining the evolution of galaxies, and yet one of the least understood. Using the Fellow's expertise and Australia's newest radio telescope, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, this program will explore the inner workings of our own Milky Way and its galactic neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds. Using new observations and a new international research network, this program expects to position Australia at the centre of international efforts to understand how galaxies work.

该计划旨在揭示气体和磁场如何相互作用来决定星系的命运。 星系如何演化的问题是所有天文学中最基本的问题之一。磁力与引力一样，是决定星系演化最有影响力的力量之一，但却是人们最不了解的力量之一。利用研究员的专业知识和澳大利亚最新的射电望远镜——澳大利亚平方公里阵列探路者，该计划将探索我们自己的银河系及其银河邻居麦哲伦云的内部运作方式。该计划希望利用新的观测结果和新的国际研究网络，将澳大利亚置于了解星系如何运作的国际努力的中心。