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50 Years of the Lovell Telescope Transcript
50 years of the Lovell telescope Transcript Date: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 - 12:00AM 50 YEARS OF THE LOVELL TELESCOPE Professor Ian Morison The Early days at Jodrell Bank In late 1945 Dr Bernard Lovell (as he then was) returned to Manchester University after working on the development of radar during the war years. His aim was to continue his researches into cosmic rays - highly energetic particles that enter the Earth's atmosphere from outer space. He had the idea that sporadic echoes sometimes received by military radars might be the result of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere and thus radar observations might provide a new way to continue his researches. Radar observations were not practical in the centre of Manchester so he took his ex-army radar system out to the University's Botanical Grounds at Jodrell Bank, some 20 miles to the south. By the middle of December 1945, the system was operating and his team was soon able to prove that the echoes were coming not from cosmic rays but from ionized meteor trails left behind when small particles, released from comets, are burnt up in the upper atmosphere of the Earth. Radar Antenna in the Botany Grounds. The Jodrell Bank Experimental Station. The observations continued and, to house the expanding staff and equipment, the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station was built in the field next to the Botanic Grounds. Lovell realised that a much more sensitive radio telescope would be required to detect cosmic rays and so, in 1947, the researchers built a large parabolic reflector, 66-m across, pointing upwards to observe the sky passing overhead. -
50 Years of the Lovell Telescope Transcript
50 years of the Lovell telescope Transcript Date: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 - 12:00AM 50 YEARS OF THE LOVELL TELESCOPE Professor Ian Morison The Early days at Jodrell Bank In late 1945 Dr Bernard Lovell (as he then was) returned to Manchester University after working on the development of radar during the war years. His aim was to continue his researches into cosmic rays - highly energetic particles that enter the Earth's atmosphere from outer space. He had the idea that sporadic echoes sometimes received by military radars might be the result of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere and thus radar observations might provide a new way to continue his researches. Radar observations were not practical in the centre of Manchester so he took his ex-army radar system out to the University's Botanical Grounds at Jodrell Bank, some 20 miles to the south. By the middle of December 1945, the system was operating and his team was soon able to prove that the echoes were coming not from cosmic rays but from ionized meteor trails left behind when small particles, released from comets, are burnt up in the upper atmosphere of the Earth. Radar Antenna in the Botany Grounds. The Jodrell Bank Experimental Station. The observations continued and, to house the expanding staff and equipment, the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station was built in the field next to the Botanic Grounds. Lovell realised that a much more sensitive radio telescope would be required to detect cosmic rays and so, in 1947, the researchers built a large parabolic reflector, 66-m across, pointing upwards to observe the sky passing overhead. -
URSI Commission J – Radio Astronomy
1 URSI Commission J – Radio Astronomy Jacob W.M. Baars Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Bonn, Germany Preface The organisation and operation of URSI can be seen as a sailing trip around the world by ten boats, each representing one of the ten Commissions of URSI, that gather at three year intervals in a place on earth decided by the central overseers, the Council. At these General Assemblies the captains of the Commission ships meet with the Council to discuss the experiences of the recent period and make plans for the next. The crews of the ten boats set up their individual meetings to present the scientific discoveries of the last three years to their colleagues who could not fit on the ship and travelled to the harbour to hear the news. Occasionally, crews from more than one boat find common interest in holding joint meetings. Also, individual captains may make landfall by invitation at a suitable place for a conference on a special subject of interest. This procedure has been in place for a hundred years to great satisfaction of the URSI community and with considerable success. It is not unusual to accompany such a centennial with the publication of a book on the history of the organisation. The URSI Centenary Book, of which this chapter is a part, will do just that. But how to write a history of a journey with short highlights every three years and intermediate years of calm? In addition, the highlights, the General Assemblies, tend to be rather similar in structure and there is a danger that the story will become repetitive and rather boring. -
Annex I - “Description of Work”
SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Research Infrastructures Communication network Development Contract for: INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE Annex I - “Description of Work” Project acronym: EXPReS Project full title: A Production Astronomy e-VLBI Infrastructure Proposal/Contract no.: 026642 EXPReS Date of preparation of Annex I: 19 September 2005 Start date of contract: 1/03/2006 026642 EXPReS – Annex I, ver. 2.0 – Approved by EC on 5/10/2005 1 1. PROJECT SUMMARY........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.2. TABLE 1 - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ........................................................................................................................................ 5 AARNET ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3. TABLE 2 - LIST OF ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4. DELIVERABLES ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE I3................................................................................................................................................... -
Ten Million Tune in to 'Stargazing Live'
The free magazine for The University of Manchester 7 February 2011 Uni LifIessue 4 Volume 8 Ten million tune in to ‘Stargazing Live’ Message from the President This month the President looks at the importance of research impact, especially in today’s tough economic climate. Meeting IT staff Touring EATS at University Place Behind the scenes at FoodOnCampus Visiting the International Society 2 Space Camp with Bury schoolchildren (and right) Features News Photos from the Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden page 5 Research Purple fruit can help ward off Alzheimer’s page 10 Feature How our HR staff are helping local schoolchildren The recent financial settlement for universities We have excellent examples close to home. Our was extremely harsh, with massive cuts to Nobel Prize winners in physics, Professor Andre page 14 Government funding for our teaching and capital Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, sought funds. There was some respite for research, and to produce graphene, not because of its particularly science, since recurrent costs for the applications (which now look enormous), but rather research councils have been largely frozen at because they found it to be a fascinating problem. current expenditure, but with some efficiency Yet now they clearly explain the potential. But the savings. Though the research councils, like emphasis here has to be on the highest quality. Contents universities, face major cuts in capital, which will We recently saw great publicity for our University inevitably undermine research infrastructure and through the BBC programmes ‘Stargazing Live’, UK competitiveness. from Jodrell Bank. Hosted by Professor Brian Cox 2 Message from the President This relative protection of research, and science in from our School of Physics and Astronomy, they particular, undoubtedly resulted from the very explained the fascination of space and the planets.