Directly Imaging Exoplanet Birth

直接成像系外行星的诞生

• 批准号: FT130100235
• 负责人: Prof Michael Ireland
• 金额: $ 45.8万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-20 至 2018-01-19
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT130100235
• 关键词: Directly; Imaging; Exoplanet; Birth

Exoplanet research has now entered a new era. Radial velocity and transit techniques have shown that planetary systems are extremely varied and complex, with the secrets to their taxonomy buried at the earliest epochs of planetary system evolution. This project will directly image these earliest stages of planetary formation through innovative algorithms that make best use of the largest infrared telescopes in the world, utilising their full diffraction limit. Resulting images will be combined with advanced collaborative modelling and the use of the latest Australian spectroscopic surveys and instrumentation, in order to unravel the secrets of planetary birth.

系外行星研究已经进入了一个新时代。径向速度和过境技术表明，行星系统非常多样化和复杂，其分类学的秘密掩埋在行星系统演化的最早时代。该项目将通过创新算法直接对这些行星形成的最早阶段进行映射，这些算法充分利用了世界上最大的红外望远镜，并利用其全部衍射极限。最终的图像将与先进的协作建模以及最新的澳大利亚光谱调查和仪器的使用相结合，以揭示行星出生的秘密。