Newton STFC Capacity Building with LIGO-India

Newton STFC 与 LIGO-India 进行能力建设

• 批准号: ST/T001402/1
• 负责人: Giles Hammond
• 金额: $ 27.68万
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FT001402%2F1
• 关键词: Newton; STFC; Capacity; Building; LIGO

With the first direct observation of gravitational waves from coalescing black holes and neutron stars by the LIGO/VIRGO Scientific collaborations (2015) there has been great interest around the world in extending the reach of the future detector network, as gravitational wave astronomy opens a new window on the Universe. Indeed with the detection of a gravitational and electromagnetic signature from GW170817, a binary neutron start inspiral, the era of multi-messenger astronomy is truly here. With the siting of the 3rd aLIGO detector in India, an Indian megaproject, there is an essential need for critically skilled students, postdocs and early career researchers to be trained at the highest level in gravitational wave astronomy, for construction of the infrastructure & technology, development of high performance computing/machine learning algorithms and efficient data pipelines. In turn, the LIGO India project will help Indian scientific community to be a major player in the emerging research frontier of GW astronomy. There are further opportunities to captalise on the recently STFC funded A+ upgrade (STFC are supporting the $30million NSF aLIGO upgrade at 30%), allowing the LIGO India detector to integrate the most up-to-date technology when it is switched on in 2024.Based on the model of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, there is a huge potential for inclusive growth across many areas of industry, academia and society. The UK consortia also have a strong track record of outreach & public engagement, which will be shared with our Indian collaborators; IUCAA Pune, IISER Pune, TIFR Hyderabad, Indian Institute Technology Madras and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, who are tasked with growing the scientific community in India. We are also working to develop linkages with the Department of Atomic Energy organisations: Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar and the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore who will be leading the development of infrastructure (laser, vacuum system, suspensions and seismic isolation).The main objectives of this proposal are to build up technical capacity and capability in India in a broad range of multidisciplinary fields associated with gravitational wave detection. This field is very wide in nature and the technologies required range from delicate mechanical instrumentation, through high and low power laser optics to signal processing and large data handling, and thus capacity built up from the work of this proposal will have wide application in other fields. We have already identified several UK-India company linkages in the areas of machine learning, sensors & autonomous systems & data algorithms, and we propose to share our experience of methods to spin-out high technology research into applied fields. A British Trade Embassy delegation to the UK in April 2019, funded by our current award, is a key indicator of the potential in this area.The consortium behind this proposal in the UK - the Universities of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, Cardiff, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Southampton, and Sheffield - has a strong and extensive track record in detector development, data analysis and background theory and astrophysics for the gravitational wave field, as well as working with industry, in public outreach and school teacher CPD. Thus it is ideally suited to provide training for students, research assistants and early career researchers in the ODA country of India to build capacity and make these countries major contributors to the international community and to provide dedicated summer schools/workshops in the UK utilising the expansive UK training network, for training the incoming members from the ODA countries in the necessary data analysis and experimental hardware techniques. Further the consortium will arrange opportunities for researchers to travel to/from India and the UK to capacity build and perform on-site training of researchers

随着LIGO/VIRGO科学合作（2015）首次直接观测到来自合并黑洞和中子星的引力波，世界各地对扩展未来探测器网络的范围产生了极大的兴趣，因为引力波天文学打开了宇宙的新窗口。事实上，随着对GW 170817引力和电磁信号的探测，一个双中子开始螺旋上升，多信使天文学的时代真正到来了。随着印度大型项目第三个aLIGO探测器落户印度，迫切需要对具有关键技能的学生、博士后和早期职业研究人员进行最高水平的引力波天文学培训，以建设基础设施和技术，开发高性能计算/机器学习算法和高效的数据管道。反过来，LIGO印度项目将帮助印度科学界成为GW天文学新兴研究前沿的主要参与者。最近STFC资助的A+升级（STFC支持3000万美元的NSF aLIGO升级30%）有进一步的机会，允许LIGO印度探测器在2024年启动时集成最新的技术。英国财团在外联和公众参与方面也有很好的记录，这将与我们的印度合作者分享; IUCAA浦那，IISER浦那，TIFR海得拉巴，印度理工学院马德拉斯和印度理工学院孟买，他们的任务是发展印度的科学界。我们还努力与原子能部各组织建立联系：等离子体研究所（IPR），甘地纳加尔和拉贾拉曼纳先进技术中心（RRCAT），印多尔将领导基础设施的发展（激光器，真空系统，悬挂和地震隔离）14.这项建议的主要目标是在与引力波探测有关的广泛多学科领域建立印度的技术能力。这一领域的性质非常广泛，所需的技术范围从精密的机械仪器到高功率和低功率激光光学器件，再到信号处理和大量数据处理，因此，本提案工作所积累的能力将广泛应用于其他领域。我们已经确定了几家英国-印度公司在机器学习，传感器和自主系统以及数据算法领域的联系，我们建议分享我们在将高科技研究扩展到应用领域的方法方面的经验。英国贸易大使馆代表团将于2019年4月访问英国，由我们目前的奖项资助，这是该领域潜力的关键指标。英国这一提案背后的财团-苏格兰西部大学，格拉斯哥，卡迪夫，伯明翰，斯特拉斯克莱德，南安普顿和谢菲尔德-在探测器开发方面拥有强大而广泛的记录，数据分析和背景理论和天体物理学的引力波场，以及与工业界合作，在公共宣传和学校教师CPD。因此，它非常适合为学生提供培训，* 在印度的官方发展援助国家提供研究助理和早期职业研究人员，以建设能力，使这些国家成为国际社会的主要贡献者，并提供专门的暑期学校;利用英国广泛的培训网络，在英国举办讲习班，为来自官方发展援助国家的新成员提供必要的数据分析和实验硬件技术方面的培训。此外，该联盟还将安排研究人员往返印度和英国进行能力建设和现场培训。