Quantum Sensing of the Geomagnetic Space Weather Environment

地磁空间天气环境的量子传感

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    EP/X036405/1
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    英国
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2023
  • 资助国家:
    英国
  • 起止时间:
    2023 至 无数据
  • 项目状态:
    未结题

项目摘要

On 13 March 1989, the largest magnetic storm of the last century caused widespread effects on power systems around the world including a blackout of the Hydro-Québec system in Canada. In the space of 93 seconds, its power grid collapsed leaving residents without electricity for 9 hours. In the UK, two large power transformers were severely damaged and required expensive repairs. In the intervening 30 years, society has become much more reliant on continuous power supply, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), broadband internet, mobile phone communication and other services which can be badly affected by so-called space weather, specifically the effects generated by rapid variations of the magnetic field on the order of seconds to minutes. It is anticipated that a more severe event than the March 1989 storm in the contemporary UK could cause economic damage on the order of billions of pounds per day. Measuring changes of the geomagnetic during a storm is of critical national importance and can help understand the hazards posed from space weather. While present day scientific-level instruments that measure the magnetic field (called fluxgate magnetometers) at UK geomagnetic observatories are very sensitive, they are not quite sufficient for the task of making absolute rapid, high-accuracy and noise-free measurements of the magnetic field. We wish to build and deploy a new type of sensor known as an optically pumped magnetometer. This uses cutting-edge quantum technology, developed in the last decade, to measure the vibrations of Caesium (Cs) atoms inside a glass cell which are able to detect small changes of the Earth's magnetic field. As a bonus, the new magnetometers reduce the size, weight and power requirements of a sensor while increasing its accuracy over 100-fold compared to current instrumentation. To test the new optically pumped magnetometer we will run it in parallel with the scientific instruments at the Eskdalemuir geomagnetic observatory in the Scottish borders for six months. This location has had a world-leading observatory in operation since 1904 and is one of the magnetically cleanest sites in the UK. Once the performance has been assessed a further five OPM sensors will be built, integrated into a bespoke communications and power supply and deployed to remote sites across the UK to augment the BGS space weather monitoring network. In conjunction with the existing geomagnetic instruments, we will achieve a world first with the densest national network of magnetometers. This will surpass the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) recommendation of no more than 200 km between magnetic stations.The project will bring together the technical skills of the University of Strathclyde's Physics Department to build the sensor, along with RAL Space's electronic system experience to optimise its performance. The British Geological Survey Geomagnetism team have ample experience in deploying and running long term installations and validating the accuracy of magnetic instruments. This is a cross-disciplinary project with the potential to bring technical, scientific, social and economic benefit in the form of a new high accuracy magnetometer than the can be deployed across the UK (and the world) in order to study the effects of hazardous space weather.
1989年3月13日,上个世纪最大的磁暴对世界各地的电力系统造成广泛影响,包括加拿大魁北克水电系统停电。在93秒的时间里,其电网崩溃,导致居民断电9小时。在英国,两个大型电力变压器严重受损,需要昂贵的维修。在此后的30年里,社会变得更加依赖持续供电、全球导航卫星系统、宽带互联网、移动的电话通信和其他服务,而这些服务可能受到所谓的空间天气的严重影响,特别是磁场在几秒到几分钟之间的快速变化所产生的影响。据预测,比1989年3月的风暴在当代英国更严重的事件可能会造成每天数十亿英镑的经济损失。测量风暴期间的地磁变化对国家至关重要,有助于了解空间天气造成的危害。虽然目前英国地磁观测站测量磁场的科学级仪器(称为磁通门磁力计)非常灵敏,但它们不足以完成对磁场进行绝对快速,高精度和无噪声测量的任务。我们希望建立和部署一种新型的传感器称为光泵磁力计。它使用了过去十年开发的尖端量子技术来测量玻璃细胞内铯(Cs)原子的振动,从而能够检测到地球磁场的微小变化。另外,与当前仪器相比,新型磁力计降低了传感器的尺寸、重量和功耗要求,同时将其准确度提高了100倍以上。为了测试新的光泵磁力计,我们将在苏格兰边境的Eskdalemuir地磁观测站与科学仪器并行运行六个月。自1904年以来,这个地方一直有一个世界领先的天文台在运作,是英国磁最干净的地方之一。一旦性能得到评估,将建造另外五个OPM传感器,将其集成到定制的通信和电源中,并部署到英国各地的偏远地点,以增强BGS空间天气监测网络。结合现有的地磁仪器,我们将实现丹麦国家磁强计网络的世界第一。这将超过世界气象组织(WMO)关于磁站之间不超过200公里的建议。该项目将汇集斯特拉斯克莱德大学物理系的技术技能来构建传感器,沿着RAL Space的电子系统经验以优化其性能。英国地质调查局地磁团队在部署和运行长期安装以及验证磁性仪器的准确性方面拥有丰富的经验。这是一个跨学科的项目,有可能带来技术,科学,社会和经济效益,其形式是一种新的高精度磁力计,可以在英国(和世界)部署,以研究危险空间天气的影响。

项目成果

期刊论文数量(0)
专著数量(0)
科研奖励数量(0)
会议论文数量(0)
专利数量(0)

数据更新时间:{{ journalArticles.updateTime }}

{{ item.title }}
{{ item.translation_title }}
  • DOI:
    {{ item.doi }}
  • 发表时间:
    {{ item.publish_year }}
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    {{ item.factor }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.authors }}
  • 通讯作者:
    {{ item.author }}

数据更新时间:{{ journalArticles.updateTime }}

{{ item.title }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.author }}

数据更新时间:{{ monograph.updateTime }}

{{ item.title }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.author }}

数据更新时间:{{ sciAawards.updateTime }}

{{ item.title }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.author }}

数据更新时间:{{ conferencePapers.updateTime }}

{{ item.title }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.author }}

数据更新时间:{{ patent.updateTime }}

Ciaran Beggan其他文献

Ciaran Beggan的其他文献

{{ item.title }}
{{ item.translation_title }}
  • DOI:
    {{ item.doi }}
  • 发表时间:
    {{ item.publish_year }}
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    {{ item.factor }}
  • 作者:
    {{ item.authors }}
  • 通讯作者:
    {{ item.author }}

{{ truncateString('Ciaran Beggan', 18)}}的其他基金

Modelling the impact of geomagnetically induced currents on UK railways
模拟地磁感应电流对英国铁路的影响
  • 批准号:
    NE/Y001176/1
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
Vector light enhanced atomic magnetometry
矢量光增强原子磁力测量
  • 批准号:
    EP/Z000521/1
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
Measuring the effects of Space Weather in the UK using a network of school magnetometers
使用学校磁力计网络测量英国空间天气的影响
  • 批准号:
    ST/M006565/1
  • 财政年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant

相似国自然基金

病原菌群体感应监管(policing quorum sensing)的生理生态机理及分子调控机制
  • 批准号:
    31570490
  • 批准年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    63.0 万元
  • 项目类别:
    面上项目
基于Compressive sensing理论的单探测器太赫兹成像技术
  • 批准号:
    60977009
  • 批准年份:
    2009
  • 资助金额:
    32.0 万元
  • 项目类别:
    面上项目
水稻OsCAS(Calcium-sensing Receptor)基因的功能分析
  • 批准号:
    30900771
  • 批准年份:
    2009
  • 资助金额:
    20.0 万元
  • 项目类别:
    青年科学基金项目
Compressive Sensing 理论及信号最佳稀疏分解方法研究
  • 批准号:
    60776795
  • 批准年份:
    2007
  • 资助金额:
    28.0 万元
  • 项目类别:
    联合基金项目
生防假单胞菌群体感应(quorum-sensing)系统的鉴定和功能分析
  • 批准号:
    30370952
  • 批准年份:
    2003
  • 资助金额:
    21.0 万元
  • 项目类别:
    面上项目

相似海外基金

Law And Policy Framework For Remote Sensing In Maritime Enforcement
海事执法遥感法律和政策框架
  • 批准号:
    DP240100920
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Discovery Projects
Digitally-Integrated Smart Sensing of Diverse Airborne Grass Pollen Sources
多种空气传播草花粉源的数字集成智能传感
  • 批准号:
    DP240103307
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Discovery Projects
High-performance thin film porous pyroelectric materials and composites for thermal sensing and harvesting
用于热传感和收集的高性能薄膜多孔热释电材料和复合材料
  • 批准号:
    EP/Y017412/1
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Fellowship
Sensing the gap: Expressions of crop stress from molecular to landscape scales
感知差距:从分子到景观尺度的作物胁迫表达
  • 批准号:
    MR/Y034252/1
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Fellowship
EDIBLES: Environmentally Driven Body-Scale Electromagnetic Co-Sensing
食用:环境驱动的人体规模电磁协同感应
  • 批准号:
    EP/Y002008/1
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant
DREAM Sentinels: Multiplexable and programmable cell-free ADAR-mediated RNA sensing platform (cfRADAR) for quick and scalable response to emergent viral threats
DREAM Sentinels:可复用且可编程的无细胞 ADAR 介导的 RNA 传感平台 (cfRADAR),可快速、可扩展地响应突发病毒威胁
  • 批准号:
    2319913
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Collaborative Research: Laboratory Measurements of Oxygen (O) and Nitrogen (N2) Ultraviolet (UV) Cross Sections by Particle Impact for Remote Sensing of Thermosphere O/N2 Variation
合作研究:通过粒子撞击实验室测量氧气 (O) 和氮气 (N2) 紫外线 (UV) 截面,以遥感热层 O/N2 变化
  • 批准号:
    2334619
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Collaborative Research: Planning: FIRE-PLAN:High-Spatiotemporal-Resolution Sensing and Digital Twin to Advance Wildland Fire Science
合作研究:规划:FIRE-PLAN:高时空分辨率传感和数字孪生,以推进荒地火灾科学
  • 批准号:
    2335568
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Collaborative Research: Planning: FIRE-PLAN:High-Spatiotemporal-Resolution Sensing and Digital Twin to Advance Wildland Fire Science
合作研究:规划:FIRE-PLAN:高时空分辨率传感和数字孪生,以推进荒地火灾科学
  • 批准号:
    2335569
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
CPS: Small: NSF-DST: Autonomous Operations of Multi-UAV Uncrewed Aerial Systems using Onboard Sensing to Monitor and Track Natural Disaster Events
CPS:小型:NSF-DST:使用机载传感监测和跟踪自然灾害事件的多无人机无人航空系统自主操作
  • 批准号:
    2343062
  • 财政年份:
    2024
  • 资助金额:
    $ 17.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
{{ showInfoDetail.title }}

作者:{{ showInfoDetail.author }}

知道了