The planeterrella: Bringing the aurora to the public
Planeterrella:将极光带给公众
基本信息
- 批准号:ST/P000231/1
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- 金额:$ 4.15万
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- 依托单位国家:英国
- 项目类别:Research Grant
- 财政年份:2016
- 资助国家:英国
- 起止时间:2016 至 无数据
- 项目状态:已结题
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项目摘要
The aurora is an inspiring natural wonder, and the Space Environment Group (SEP) at the University of Southampton aims to bring the aurora to the public and to classrooms. Our project would enthuse people about the aurora and the related topic of space weather, engaging people with world-class research in these areas being done by the SEP and throughout the rest of the UK. Space weather is classified as a hazard by the Government and the Cabinet Office has said "the main challenge we face is that awareness of the risk [due to space weather] is low".The University of Southampton currently has a successful engagement programme centred around a planetarium known as the 'Soton Astrodome'. In the last two years, auroral topics have been added and proven popular with audiences, inspiring us to launch a campaign dedicated to the aurora.One aspect of engaging the public with aurora is demonstrating the basic scientific principles behind them. In the 19th century, Kristian Birkeland needed to demonstrate his theories on how the aurora were formed, and so he built a planeterrella, or simply 'terrella': an experiment in which artificial aurora can be generated around magnetised spheres in a vacuum chamber. Birkeland's life story is fascinating (multiple biographies have been written of his life) and so a narrative can be formed around his life. This will extend the reach of our engagement by enticing audiences not previously engaged with science.French scientist Dr Jean Lilensten has successfully built a modernised terrella based on Birkeland's original. Now incorporating two spheres (a modelled star and planet), terrellas have been built according to his plans throughout Europe, with one having been built in the UK. The British terrella was built by Dr Gabby Provan at the University of Leicester using an older version of the plans. Terrellas have been shown to capture the public's interest throughout Europe, and the terrella in Leicester has been used to engage 15000 people with auroral research, also being demonstrated by Dara O'Briain and Brian Cox on Stargazing Live. We intend to utilise the expertise of Dr Lilensten in the construction of the terrella and work with Dr Provan to modify existing engagement resources and create new ones.
极光是一种鼓舞人心的自然奇观,南安普顿大学的空间环境小组(SEP)旨在将极光带给公众和教室。我们的项目将激发人们对极光和空间天气相关话题的兴趣,并吸引人们参与由SEP和英国其他地区在这些领域进行的世界级研究。太空天气被政府列为一种危险,内阁办公室表示,“我们面临的主要挑战是(由于太空天气)的风险意识很低”。南安普顿大学目前有一个成功的参与项目,以天文馆为中心,被称为“Soton Astrodome”。在过去的两年里,极光主题被添加进来,并被证明很受观众欢迎,这激发了我们发起一个专门针对极光的活动。让公众了解极光的一个方面是展示其背后的基本科学原理。在19世纪,克里斯蒂安·伯克兰(Kristian Birkeland)需要证明他关于极光形成的理论,所以他建造了一个planeterrella,或者简称为“terrella”:一个在真空室中围绕磁化球体产生人工极光的实验。伯克兰的人生故事引人入胜(关于他的生平有多部传记),因此围绕他的一生可以形成一个叙事。这将通过吸引以前不参与科学的受众来扩大我们参与的范围。法国科学家Jean Lilensten博士成功地在Birkeland的原型的基础上建造了一个现代化的terra。现在结合了两个球体(一个模型恒星和一个模型行星),根据他的计划在整个欧洲建造了terrellas,其中一个在英国建造。英国的terra是由莱斯特大学的Gabby Provan博士使用旧版本的平面图建造的。在整个欧洲,特雷拉已经引起了公众的兴趣,莱斯特的特雷拉已经吸引了15000人参与极光研究,达拉·奥布莱恩和布莱恩·考克斯也在《观星直播》上展示了这一点。我们打算利用Lilensten博士的专业知识来建设terrella,并与Provan博士一起修改现有的参与资源并创建新的资源。
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