Detecting the deaths of the first stars: Investigating the physical processes in the early Universe

这个项目将追踪宇宙中最遥远的超新星爆炸，并研究它们的宿主星系和环境。它将使用一种探测到最遥远超新星的技术，探测120亿年前的历史，并且能够首次发现大爆炸后形成的第一批恒星的死亡。该项目将利用这项技术收集超新星的统计样本，以确定它们的发生率和物理性质，并为新发现的、极其强大的第三类超新星提供关键数据。这些数据将测试早期星系形成恒星的规律，并揭示宇宙随后演化的框架。

This project will pursue the most distant supernova explosions in the Universe and investigate their host galaxies and environments. It will use a technique that has detected the most distant supernovae, probing 12 billion years into the past, and one that is able to discover, for the first time, the deaths of the first stars to have formed after the Big Bang. This project will use this technique to gather a statistical sample of supernovae to determine their occurrence rate and physical properties and to provide crucial data for a newly discovered, extremely powerful, third type of supernova. This data will test the laws in which early galaxies formed their stars and reveal the framework for the subsequent evolution of the Universe.