The Cherenkov Telescope Array - Production phase

切伦科夫望远镜阵列 - 生产阶段

• 批准号: LE170100104
• 负责人: Prof Gavin Rowell
• 金额: $ 92.69万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-07-31 至 2023-07-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE170100104
• 关键词: Cherenkov; Telescope; Array; Production; phase

This project aims to ensure Australia’s contribution to the five-year production phase of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a very high energy gamma-ray astronomy instrument that is expected to transform both high energy astrophysics and astro-particle physics. Gamma-ray astronomy probes extreme processes in the Universe such as exploding stars, black holes, and mysterious dark matter. The project will maintain Australian access to all data and key science programmes of the CTA. Australian astronomers will be able to directly influence the major astrophysics goals of CTA, and link in with Australia's flagship astronomical infrastructure. This is expected to benefit astrophysics, big data processing, electronics, atmospheric physics and optics.

该项目旨在确保澳大利亚对切伦科夫望远镜阵列的五年生产阶段作出贡献，切伦科夫望远镜阵列是一种极高能伽马射线天文仪器，预计将改变高能天体物理学和天体粒子物理学。伽马射线天文学探索宇宙中的极端过程，如爆炸的恒星，黑洞和神秘的暗物质。该项目将使澳大利亚能够获得CTA的所有数据和关键科学方案。澳大利亚天文学家将能够直接影响CTA的主要天体物理学目标，并与澳大利亚的旗舰天文基础设施建立联系。预计这将有利于天体物理学、大数据处理、电子学、大气物理学和光学。