Operations and Maintenance Support for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦望远镜的操作和维护支持

• 批准号: RTI-2017-00451
• 负责人: Wilson, Christine
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=642365
• 关键词: Operations; Maintenance; Support; James; Clerk; Operations; Maintenance; Support; James; Clerk

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is the largest submillimetre-wave single dish telescope in the world. It is located at an excellent site in Hawai`i and is equipped with two state-of-the-art submillimetre cameras, a 10,000 pixel dual-band continuum camera (SCUBA-2) as well as a 16 pixel 2000 channel spectroscopic camera (HARP). The mapping capabilities of the JCMT are particularly important for two of the most prominent research topics in astronomy today: tracing the formation and evolution of young galaxies in the early universe, and probing the physical conditions in the dense gas that provides the fuel for star formation both in our own Milky Way and in other galaxies near and far. There is excellent synergy between the JCMT with its wide-field mapping capabilities and new telescopes such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a powerful new radio array in Chile that began science operations in 2011. Astronomers use the JCMT to find new and interesting objects in the sky and then follow up with high resolution images to study their properties in detail with ALMA. Thus, a relatively small investment in the JCMT enables Canadians to make the best use of our larger investment in ALMA.

James Clerk Maxwell望远镜（JCMT）是世界上最大的亚亚略列型单盘望远镜。它位于夏威夷的一个优秀地点，配备了两台最先进的亚毫米摄像头，10,000个像素双波段连续摄像机（Scuba-2）以及16个Pixel 2000 Channel Spectroscopic摄像头（HARP）。 JCMT的映射功能对于当今天文学中最著名的研究主题尤为重要：追踪早期宇宙中年轻星系的形成和演变，并探测密集气体中的物理条件，这些物理条件在我们自己的乳白色和其他星系中为恒星形成提供了燃料。 JCMT与其宽场映射功能与新望远镜（例如Atacama大毫米/亚毫米/毫米阵列（ALMA））之间具有出色的协同作用，这是一个强大的智利新广播阵列，于2011年开始科学运营。天文学家使用JCMT使用JCMT在天空中找到新的和有趣的对象，然后对其进行高分辨率的图像进行详细介绍。因此，对JCMT的投资相对较少，使加拿大人能够充分利用我们对Alma的更大投资。