PATT Linked Grant: Observational Astrochemistry @ Strathclyde

该提案将资助一名天文学家在未来两年内从斯特拉斯克莱德天体化学小组观察每次分配的望远镜时间旅行。在恒星刚刚开始形成的致密、最黑暗的太空区域，气相和固相都发生了丰富的化学活动。虽然气体和固体物质已经被观察了很多年，但我们现在正在进行一项观测计划，以相同的尺度同时“映射”这两种物质，以便使用世界各地的各种望远镜来观察气体和固体在恒星形成过程中的相互作用。

This proposal will fund one astronomer to observe on each allocated telescope time trip in the next two years from the Strathclyde Astrochemistry group. In the densest, darkest regions of space where stars are just beginning to form, a wealth of chemical activity occurs, in both the gas and solid phase. Although gas and solid materials have been observed for many years, we are now undertaking an observing programme to 'map' both materials concurrently, on the same scale, to see just how the gas and solids interact during star-formation using various telescopes worldwide.