Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL140100278

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL140100278

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed. Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed. The formation of the Milky Way, is one of the most important questions in cosmology today. One of the key unknowns is how the gas, which forms the stars, gets into dark matter halos to make galaxies and why these galaxies spin. This project aims to assemble a first-rate instrument team to build Hector, the first automated hexabundle spectrograph; to assemble a large team to combine Hector's spectral imaging of 100,000 galaxies with new Australian radio observations; and to extend this technology for the Giant Magellan Telescope. This will help to ensure Australia's leadership in observational cosmology and instrumentation through this decade and into the era of extremely large telescopes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-12-2014

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,513,348.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Astronomical and Space Instrumentation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

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