Stuff that Matters: Interstellar Matter in Nearby Galaxies

Project Information

VLASINGS

Grant agreement ID: 13556

Project closed

Start date 1 June 2005

End date 31 May 2007

Funded under

• Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Total cost No data

EU contribution € 80 000,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
United Kingdom

Objective

The aim of this project is to obtain the highest quality observations of the atomic interstellar medium (ISM), through observations of the 21cm line of atomic hydrogen, ever made of a substantial sample of nearby galaxies, covering a wide range of Hubble types, star formation rates, absolute luminosities, evolutionary stages, and metallicities in order to derive the detailed morphology, three-dimensional structure, and mass distribution of galaxies in the nearby Universe.

Particular emphasis will be placed o n the interplay between the ISM and Star Formation, the Star Formation threshold as a function of Hubble Type and metallicity, and the physical characteristics of the cool and warm neutral ISM as traced by neutral hydrogen.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › observational astronomy › optical astronomy
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › observational astronomy › radio astronomy
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › astrophysics › dark matter
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › celestial mechanics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › observational astronomy › infrared astronomy

Programme(s)

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Topic(s)

• MOBILITY-4.2 - Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants (IRG)

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-12
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Funding Scheme

IRG - Marie Curie actions-International re-integration grants

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: College Lane ; HATFIELD ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data