Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140104114

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140104114

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Testing pulsar emission models and general relativity at pico arcsecond resolution. A holographic technique has been pioneered that harnesses scattering in interstellar space to resolve the emission from pulsars at a resolution of 50 pico-arcseconds, six orders of magnitude finer than has been achieved by conventional radio astronomical interferometry. This project will directly measure the size of the emission regions in a set of pulsars, and hence resolve the 40-year old debate regarding the site of their radio emission. The project will also apply the technique to binary pulsar systems to provide a new test of General Relativity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2014

End Date: 04-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $344,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | General Relativity and Gravitational Waves | Galactic Astronomy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

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