Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP190103151
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Resolving the interstellar carbon crisis with multilaser spectroscopy. This project aims to provide astronomers of the future with firm diagnostic tools to identify and understand exotic carbon species in the interstellar medium. Life on Earth began after delivery of carbon-based pre-biotic material to the young planet by comets and meteorites. This material came from outside the solar system, but we do not yet know the chemical make-up of the interstellar matter. This is because we do not understand precisely how the interstellar molecules and dust interact with starlight. This project will create and study models of interstellar matter in the laboratory, and will determine the chemical form of carbon in the interstellar medium. This will have lasting impact on astrophysical models, as well as theories of the origin of life.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2019
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $403,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy | Galactic Astronomy | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |
