Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200100784
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
The Dawn of Extreme Gamma Ray Astronomy. This project aims to reveal the highest energy cosmic-ray particles in our galaxy, produced in extreme and still unknown astrophysical processes. Their interaction with nuclei in space produces the highest energy gamma ray light. Our project will make use of this extreme gamma ray light with upgraded and next-generation gamma-ray telescope arrays. With accompanying data from Australian radio telescopes, and computer models of the cosmic ray interactions, our project can finally determine from where these cosmic rays originate, yielding insight into our galaxy's evolution. Complex machine learning methods will be needed in a project that provides a world-leading student training ground, motivated by a century old mystery in astronomy.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2020
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $350,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Astronomical and Space Sciences | High Energy Astrophysics; Cosmic Rays
