Millimeter-Waves: The Vision for the Future - From Electrons to Volcanoes

毫米波：未来的愿景 - 从电子到火山

• 批准号: EP/H047964/1
• 负责人: Graham Smith
• 金额: $ 23.26万
• 依托单位: University of St Andrews
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FH047964%2F1
• 关键词: Millimeter; Waves; Vision; Future; Electrons

How can the same sort of light be used to interact with objects as different in size and scale as an electronand a volcano? What can you tell by looking at electrons anyway? How can nuclear fusion solve the 21stcentury energy crisis? How do state of the art security scanners work and what can they see? How do youobserve how a volcano is changing underneath cloud or smoke? What technology is used to build car radarfor cruise control or collision avoidance? How can we see how stars form in the outer reaches of the galaxyor understand what the Universe looked like after the Big Bang?Millimetre wave technology, a significant but little known area of Physics research, lies at the heart of ourability to do all of this and more. This project aims to convey the incredible range of imaging and sensingprovided by mm-wave technology to as wide a cross section of the public as possible, targeting audiencesthat would not normally be associated with science outreach. Our proposal seeks to deliver a high impactmajor public education program on technologies and applications associated with these very high frequencymicrowaves - in the mm-wave and sub-mm-wave regime. This area of the electromagnetic spectrum hasseen substantial funding from the research councils and is central to many topical areas of science andsociety. The program will build on a previous highly rated PPE project where a substantial amount oflecture material, demonstration equipment, video footage, teaching material, interactive exhibits and schoolworkshops were developed and enhanced over a 2 year period.There are three principal aims to this project: (1) a fresh remit to reach non 'self-selecting' audiences usingstate of the art research imagery and live demonstrations of mm-wave radar; (2) introduce the majorscience research topic and industrial application of magnetic resonance; (3) deliver a stand-alone interactiveexhibition of all this material to achieve long term sustainability in our outreach mission.

同样的光怎么能被用来与像电子和火山这样大小和尺度不同的物体相互作用呢？通过观察电子，你能知道什么呢？核聚变如何解决21世纪的能源危机？最先进的安全扫描仪是如何工作的，它们能看到什么？你如何观察火山在云或烟下的变化？什么技术被用来建立汽车雷达巡航控制或碰撞避免？我们怎样才能看到恒星是如何在银河系外围形成的，或者理解宇宙大爆炸后的样子？毫米波技术是物理学研究中一个重要但鲜为人知的领域，它是我们能够做到这一切的核心。该项目旨在将毫米波技术提供的令人难以置信的成像和传感范围传达给尽可能广泛的公众，目标受众通常与科学推广无关。我们的建议旨在提供一个高影响力的主要公众教育计划，与这些非常高频微波相关的技术和应用-在毫米波和亚毫米波制度。电磁频谱的这一领域已经看到了来自研究委员会的大量资金，是科学和社会的许多热门领域的核心。该计划将建立在以前一个高度评价的PPE项目的基础上，该项目在两年的时间里开发和改进了大量的演示材料、演示设备、视频片段、教学材料、互动展览和学校讲习班。该项目有三个主要目标：（1）利用最先进的研究图像和毫米波雷达的现场演示，向非“自我选择”的观众提供新的服务;（2）介绍磁共振的主要科学研究课题和工业应用;（3）提供所有这些材料的独立互动展览，以实现我们外联使命的长期可持续性。