Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100849

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100849

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Measuring the Universe’s early evolution using lunar occultations. This project seeks to measure a radio signal for the first time, using the Murchison Widefield Array telescope and a novel technique involving the Moon, to learn what luminous objects dominated the early Universe. There is an entire period in the early Universe that remains unobserved because familiar objects such as stars and galaxies have yet to form. One of the few observables from this period, and the time directly following it, is the radio signal emitted by neutral hydrogen atoms. Innovative analysis techniques may be developed and new training pathways for astronomers should be initiated. The Project aims to raise Australia’s scientific profile and engage the public, promoting astronomy by making results accessible and using the Moon as a familiar foundation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-02-2016

End Date: 30-04-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $326,637.00

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 |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Signal Processing

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