Travel Support for the CTA project
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Travel support for the CTA project
People |
ORCID iD |
| James Hinton (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | Philip Leverhulme Prize |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2010 |
| End | 09/2013 |
| Description | CTA |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is a global ~£200M project to construct a next generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. Over 1000 scientists in 27 countries are involved. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to all aspects of the project so far including design, optimisation, prototyping. Leadership roles in the project including Project Scientist. |
| Impact | An optimised design for the instrument. A place in all major roadmaps for Astronomy and Astroparticle Physics A special issue of the journal Astroparticle Physics. |
| Start Year | 2006 |