Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210101094

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210101094

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Dusty models of stellar outbursts triggered by stellar interactions. Our aim is to explain increasingly observed numbers of astronomical outbursts and explosions emitting electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves. The underlying cause of these phenomena is the interaction and merging of stellar pairs, but a viable model does not yet exist. Our current calculations ignore the effects of dust that forms in the expanding and cooling gaseous layers. Without dust we cannot accurately model the outburst dynamics nor the light emitted by these events. We will capitalise on a decade of simulation code development paired with a team of world experts of dusty winds. The inclusion of dust in our modelling code will also benefit studies of dusty plasmas, from stellar winds to planet formation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2021

End Date: 31-08-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $390,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems | Astronomical and Space Sciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems

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