MSSL Astrophysics Consolidated Grant 2022-25

这个综合拨款申请包括天体物理学和仪器领域的相关项目组合。天体物理学项目分为四个部分：系外行星;星系形成与演化;宇宙学和高能天体物理学。每一个领域都与空间设施有着直接的和有影响的联系，而每一个领域都是通过这些空间设施而被改变的。这是专家组的特殊优势，为我们提议的工作提供了一个值得注意的层面。然而，我们的计划绝不会受到MSSL硬件开发的限制，甚至不会受到飞行我们硬件的任务的限制。相反，在收集必要的数据以理解我们所解决的科学问题时，我们考虑了所有可用的路线，包括地面设施，STFC认为这些科学问题很重要。我们提议的仪器研究的重点是开发与引力波发射同时测量伽马射线的技术。综合拨款还为未来的任务奠定了基础，包括柏拉图，欧几里得和丽莎，我们在其中发挥了重要作用。我们提出了八个项目，与这四个专业领域保持一致。按顺序，这些是一个关于系外行星及其宿主恒星的案例（货车Eylen），三个关于星系形成和演化的案例（Kawata，Schoenrich，Page），一个关于宇宙学的案例（Kitching），两个关于高能天体物理学/极端重力环境的案例（Wu，赞内）和一个关于开发闪烁器和探测器技术以捕捉引力波源电磁闪光的技术案例（Cropper）。

This consolidated grant application comprises a portfolio of related projects across the fields of astrophysics and instrumentation. The astrophysics projects are in four strands: exoplanets; galaxy formation & evolution; cosmology and high-energy astrophysics. These each have a direct and influential connection with the space facilities by which each field is or will be transformed. This is the particular advantage held by the Group, providing a noteworthy dimension to the work we propose. However our programme is by no means limited by MSSL hardware exploitation or even the exploitation of missions flying our hardware. Rather, every route available is considered, including ground-based facilities, when gathering the data necessary to understand the science questions that we address and that have been identified by STFC as being important. Our proposed instrumentation research is focused on the development of technology for the measurement of gamma rays simultaneously with the gravitational wave emission. The Consolidated Grant also sets the foundation for the expoitation of future missions including PLATO, Euclid, and LISA in which we have significant roles.We present eight projects, aligned with these four fields of expertise. In order, these are one case on exoplanets and their host stars (Van Eylen), three cases in galaxy formation and evolution (Kawata, Schoenrich, Page), one case in Cosmology (Kitching), two cases in high energy astrophysics/extreme gravity environments (Wu, Zane) and a technical case for the development of scintillator and detector technology to catch the electromagnetic flash from gravitational wave sources (Cropper).