Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100024

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE150100024

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey. Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS): KISS is the first exploration of the time varying Universe in the infrared. The location at Kunlun station offers the advantage of the whole sky being available for study for the duration of the Antarctic winter every year. The primary scientific targets are the physics of active galactic nuclei, supersupernovae (Gamma Ray Bursters), the terminal phases of red giants (Miras) and initial phases of protostars. The project also aims to find exoplanets and to measure the cosmic infrared background and its angular fluctuations using the low background advantage of the Antarctic. KISS is complementary to SkyMapper in that it is infrared, and complementary to 2MASS in that it is time sensitive.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $760,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Galactic Astronomy | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Astronomical and Space Instrumentation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Galactic Astronomy

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