Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE140100316
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Seeing in the dark: measuring the signature of the early Universe with low-frequency radio telescopes. This project will detect and measure the signature of the first ionising sources in the early Universe. It uses a unique intersection of information theory and analysis methodology to design and implement a method of extracting the faint neutral hydrogen signal of reionisation from complex datasets. The hydrogen structure around these first light sources will be measured using data from the Murchison Widefield Array telescope in Western Australia, revealing the signature of reionisation for the first time. Measurement of this signal constrains our understanding of the large-scale evolution of the Universe, defines properties of the first generation of stars and galaxies, and expands our understanding of the full history of the Universe.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2014
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $325,515.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Signal Processing | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Astronomical and Space Instrumentation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |
