Cel In our largely unchanging radio Universe, a highly dynamic component was recently discovered: flashes of bright radio emission that last only milliseconds but appear all over the sky. Some of these radio bursts can be traced to intermittently pulsating neutron stars. Other bursts however, apparently originate far outside our Galaxy. Due to great observational challenges, the evolution of the neutron stars is not understood, while more importantly, the nature of the extragalactic bursts remains an outright mystery.My overall aim is to understand the physics that drives both kinds of brief and luminous bursts.My primary goal is to identify the highly compact astrophysical explosions powering the extragalactic bursts. My previous surveys are the state of the art in fast-transient detection; I will now increase by a factor of 10 this exploration volume. In real-time I will provide arcsec positions, 10,000-fold more accurate than currently possible, to localize such extragalactic bursts for the first time and understand their origin.My secondary goal is to unravel the unexplained evolution of intermittently pulsating neutron stars (building on e.g. my recent papers in Science, 2013), by doubling their number and modeling their population.To achieve these goals, I will carry out a highly innovative survey: the Apertif-LOFAR Exploration of the Radio Transient Sky. ALERT is over an order of magnitude more sensitive than all current state-of-the art fast-transient surveys.Through its novel, extremely wide field-of-view, Westerbork/Apertif will detect many tens of extragalactic bursts. Through real-time triggers to LOFAR I will next provide the precise localisation that is essential for radio, optical and high-energy follow-up to, for the first time, shed light on the physics and objects driving these bursts – evaporating primordial black holes; explosions in host galaxies; or, the unknown? Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyextragalactic astronomynatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomystellar astronomyneutron starsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyastrophysicsblack holes Program(-y) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) ERC-CG-2013-PE9 - ERC Consolidator Grant - Universe Sciences Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2013-CoG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-CG - ERC Consolidator Grants Instytucja przyjmująca STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN Wkład UE € 1 999 823,00 Adres WINTHONTLAAN 2 3526 KV Utrecht Niderlandy Zobacz na mapie Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Janneke Wubs-Komdeur (Ms.) Kierownik naukowy Albert Van Leeuwen (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (2) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN Niderlandy Wkład UE € 1 999 823,00 Adres WINTHONTLAAN 2 3526 KV Utrecht Zobacz na mapie Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Janneke Wubs-Komdeur (Ms.) Kierownik naukowy Albert Van Leeuwen (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych STICHTING ASTRONOMISCH ONDERZOEK IN NEDERLAND Zakończenie uczestnictwa Niderlandy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD DWINGELOO Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Janneke Wubs-Komdeur (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
