Visiting Fellowships at Durham

本申请寻求支持，以继续成功的游客计划，我们已经进行了达勒姆自1983年以来。该应用程序涵盖了达勒姆天文学研究的整个光谱，其中包括河外天文学，宇宙学，天文仪器，伽马射线天文学和高能天体物理学。目前的赠款支持了97名游客在2.5年的时间里，并导致了111个联合参考出版物涉及达勒姆的研究人员和游客。参观者参与的研究项目包括：Virgo联合会的宇宙结构形成模拟方案;星系形成的理论模型;经历巨大星爆的年轻大质量星系的观测研究;调查大小不等的黑洞的吸积过程，从几个太阳质量到十亿个太阳质量不等;超大质量黑洞的增长对星系形成的影响;星系团和星系团形成早期阶段的观测;探测和解释来自外来物体（包括微类星体）的甚高能量伽马射线;为现有的望远镜（如甚大望远镜）和未来的望远镜（如计划中的极大望远镜）设计新仪器。

This application seeks support to continue the successful visitors programme that we have conducted at Durham since 1983. This application covers the entire spectrum of astronomical research at Durham which includes extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, astronomical instrumentation, gamma-ray astronomy and high energy astrophysics. The current grant has supported 97 visitors over a 2.5 year period and had led to 111 joint refereed publications involving Durham researchers and visitors. Examples of research projects involving visitors are: the Virgo Consortium's programme of simulations of the formation of structure in the universe; theoretical modelling of galaxy formation; observational studies of young massive galaxies undergoing huge starbursts; investigation of accretion processes onto black holes of a wide range of sizes, from a few to a billion solar masses; the effects of the growth of supermassive black holes on forming galaxies; observations of groups and clusters at early stages of formation; the detection and interpretation of very high energy gamma rays from exotic objects including microquasars; the design of new instruments for existing telescopes like the Very Large Telescopes and future ones like the projected Extremely Large Telescope.