Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy Phase 2 - Extension

射电天文学在非洲的发展第二阶段 - 扩展

• 批准号: ST/T001798/1
• 负责人: Melvin Hoare
• 金额: $ 57.82万
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 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%2FT001798%2F1
• 关键词: Development; Africa; Radio; Astronomy; Phase

We will conduct a programme in radio astronomy in Africa that will help to drive economic growth. South Africa is hosting part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - the major next generation radio telescope and the first big science project on the African continent. A network of up to 2000 dishes will eventually spread out across southern Africa to give the telescope its powerful resolution to see small structures in the sky. To this aim South Africa is partnering with eight other countries in Africa that will host these outstations. However, there is virtually no astronomy activity in these countries at present and so SKA-SA are building the African VLBI Network (AVN) as a precursor instrument and very useful addition to the world's radio astronomy networks in its own right. The AVN will consist of 30 m class radio dishes in each partner country, either converted from defunct telecommunications dishes or newly built ones. The UK team, together with SA colleagues, will provide advanced training in the form of a number of MSc bursaries to citizens of AVN partner countries. The students will undertake research training using interferometric radio telescopes. The advanced STEM skills learnt as part of this training can be applied to a range of industries such as telecommunications, space science, land management and computing. An integral part of the training programme will be interaction with entrepreneurs who have experience of setting up businesses using related technologies. We will fund an antenna consultant who is an expert in antenna control systems to assist with projects in Africa. For the students who have received radio astronomy training and now want to use their new skills to start up their own business we will provide business advice from an entrepreneur experienced in the field. Our business consultant previously worked for Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd in Cornwall where a project in collaboration with several UK universities is also aiming to convert large old dishes in to radio telescopes. He is therefore uniquely experienced in the synergies and business opportunities that lie at the interface of radio astronomy and the burgeoning space sector. Groups of our newest trainees will be able to carry out small development projects that utilize their astronomy knowledge. This will be overseen by experts from the International Astronomical Union's Office of Astronomy for Development.

我们将在非洲开展射电天文学项目，这将有助于推动经济增长。南非正在托管平方公里阵列（SKA）的一部分——这是主要的下一代射电望远镜，也是非洲大陆的第一个大型科学项目。一个由多达 2000 个天线组成的网络最终将遍布整个南部非洲，使望远镜具有强大的分辨率来观察天空中的小型结构。为此，南非正在与非洲其他八个国家合作，主办这些分站。然而，目前这些国家实际上没有天文学活动，因此 SKA-SA 正在建设非洲 VLBI 网络 (AVN)，作为前身仪器，并以其本身的能力对世界射电天文学网络做出非常有用的补充。 AVN 将由每个伙伴国家的 30 m 级无线电天线组成，这些天线可以由废弃的电信天线改建而成，也可以是新建的。英国团队将与南澳同事一起，以大量理学硕士助学金的形式向 AVN 合作伙伴国家的公民提供高级培训。学生将使用干涉射电望远镜进行研究培训。在本次培训中学到的高级 STEM 技能可以应用于电信、空间科学、土地管理和计算等一系列行业。培训计划的一个组成部分将是与具有使用相关技术创办企业经验的企业家进行互动。我们将资助一位天线顾问，他是天线控制系统方面的专家，以协助非洲的项目。对于接受过射电天文学培训并现在想要利用新技能创业的学生，​​我们将为该领域经验丰富的企业家提供商业建议。我们的业务顾问之前曾在康沃尔郡的 Goonhilly 地球站有限公司工作，该公司与几所英国大学合作的一个项目也旨在将大型旧天线改造成射电望远镜。因此，他在射电天文学和新兴太空领域的协同作用和商机方面拥有独特的经验。我们最新的学员小组将能够利用他们的天文学知识开展小型开发项目。该项目将由国际天文学联合会天文学促进发展办公室的专家监督。

项目成果

Image plane detection of FRB121102 with the MeerKAT radio telescope

使用MeerKAT射电望远镜对FRB121102进行像面探测

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3348
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Andrianjafy J

Simulation of the Earth's radio-leakage from mobile towers as seen from selected nearby stellar systems

从选定的附近恒星系统观察到的移动塔对地球无线电泄漏的模拟

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad378
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Saide R