Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed

Hector：探索星系形成方式的革命性勘测机器

• 批准号: FL140100278
• 负责人: Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn
• 金额: $ 174.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Australian Laureate Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FL140100278
• 关键词: Hector; revolutionary; survey; machine; discover

Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed. The formation of the Milky Way, is one of the most important questions in cosmology today. One of the key unknowns is how the gas, which forms the stars, gets into dark matter halos to make galaxies and why these galaxies spin. This project aims to assemble a first-rate instrument team to build Hector, the first automated hexabundle spectrograph; to assemble a large team to combine Hector's spectral imaging of 100,000 galaxies with new Australian radio observations; and to extend this technology for the Giant Magellan Telescope. This will help to ensure Australia's leadership in observational cosmology and instrumentation through this decade and into the era of extremely large telescopes.

赫克托：发现星系如何形成的革命性测量机器。银河系的形成是当今宇宙学中最重要的问题之一。其中一个关键的未知数是形成恒星的气体如何进入暗物质晕形成星系以及为什么这些星系旋转。该项目旨在组建一支一流的仪器团队，以建造第一台自动化六束光谱仪Hector;组建一支庞大的团队，将Hector对10万个星系的光谱成像与澳大利亚新的射电观测相结合;并将这一技术推广到巨型麦哲伦望远镜。这将有助于确保澳大利亚在本十年内以及进入超大望远镜时代时在观测宇宙学和仪器方面的领导地位。