I will present a brief status report on CTA from the perspective of the CTA Consortium (CTAC), the CTA Observatory (CTAO) and the Small Sized Telescope Camera (SST-Cam) sub-consortium.
The extreme and often varying nature of Active Galactic Nuclei can be investigated by observations of very-high-energy gamma rays. Studying their long-term behaviour and flaring episodes requires the ability to take continuous observations over large spans of time. The Cherenkov Telescope Ring is thus a project to establish a worldwide network of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). This...
Australian radio and optical facilities will play major roles in supporting CTA's Key Science Projects (KSPs), as well as other proposed observations. My talk will outline the plans to link various MWL faciliites into the KSPs via a task force jointly led by the CTAC and the CTAO, and the areas where Australia can contribute.
I will present a quick update on the status of GASKAP HI and OH observations from Phase 1 and the plans for GASKAP-HI for Phase 2 of the Pilot Survey.
Polarimetric monitoring is an important ancillary science theme for CTA, since it shows the state of blazars. Provision of an Australian polarimetric monitoring capability will extend the time coverage of these sources. A major element of the current CTA LIEF grant is the construction and commissioning of a polarimeter, and its deployment to Australian telescopes. This polarimeter will be...
I will review new multi-messenger surveys of the Small Magellanic Cloud with the special emphasis on radio-continuum and gamma-rays surveys.
Cosmic rays are important drivers of molecular gas ionisation, and molecular gas ionisation is in turn a diagnostic of cosmic ray astrophysics. Although DCO+ is widely regarded as the most useful molecular tracer of cosmic ray ionisation, HCO+ is far more accessible to telescopes. A large-scale programme of HCO+ mapping of sites of interest in the Milky Way will therefore lay the groundwork...
CTA will search for dark matter in the centre of our galaxy and in dwarf spheroidal satellites. I show preliminary results on how we plan to distinguish the astrophysical background from the dark matter signal and which dark matter candidates CTA might have a chance to detect.
Over 95% of stars end their lives as white dwarfs - many of which are found in binary star systems that are interacting. Accreting white dwarfs are responsible for some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe (Type Ia supernovae), though most accreting white dwarfs will not explode. However, the periodic eruptions of some accreting systems (e.g. cataclysmic variables) have recently...
In this contribution, we will provide updates of various projects of the Adelaide students.
Rami Alsulami investigates the outflow towards LS 5039 using multiple survey.
Tiffany Collins is modelling the background interstellar medium and magnetic field towards and around HESS J1825-137 to understand the observed gamma-ray emission.
Kirsty Feijen aims to reveal the origin of HESS...
