17th February 2016 – Japanese Space Mission ASTRO-H launch
DIAS is a partner in Japan’s ASTRO-H space mission. The spacecraft was launched successfully from Tanegashima by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA at 8:45 am (GMT) Wednesday morning 17th February. The launch can be viewed here.
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In accordance with Japanese tradition the mission will be re-named after launch, but for now is still called ASTRO-H. It is a powerful X-ray telescope with, for the first time in a space mission, micro-bolometer detectors which will allow precision spectroscopy in X-rays. It also carries three cameras working in soft and hard X-rays respectively as well as a soft gamma-ray instrument. It will be used to study many astronomical phenomena including accretion onto black holes, jets from active galaxies, particle acceleration in supernova remnants and the dynamics of hot gas in galaxy clusters. In spectroscopy it is expected to be about 30 times better than the best existing instruments. Observations in X-rays are a key part of modern astronomy and can only be made from space as the X-rays are absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere.
Copyright : JAXA
ASTRO-H has been built by a major international collaboration led by JAXA with over 60 contributing institutions in Japan, the US, Canada, and Europe including DIAS in Ireland. DIAS Professor Felix Aharonian is one of three scientists supported by the European Space Agency as part of the ASTRO-H science team and DIAS contributed one scientific member to the project.
Welcoming this scientific cooperation between Ireland and Japan, Mrs Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland said, “I am delighted that the Japanese satellite Astro-H will be launched in partnership with DIAS research team. This project is an important follow up of the joint declaration entitled “Partnership for Innovation and Growth”, issued by Prime Minister Abe and the Taoiseach Enda Kenny when they exchanged reciprocal visits in 2013, resolving to strengthen the ties between our two countries in the field of Research, Development and Innovation”, and continued, “I hope that teams involved will obtain the expected results, and that the close connections between Japan and Ireland, and broader international cooperation will go from strength to strength in the years ahead”.
The Director of the School of Cosmic Physics, Prof Luke Drury, commented “This is a marvelous opportunity for our young students and researchers to collaborate with Japanese colleagues in expanding our understanding of the universe.”
Contact
Prof Luke Drury, DIAS: ld@cp.dias.ie, Tel: +353-86-8228815
Prof Felix Aharonian, DIAS: felix.aharonian@dias.ie, Tel +353-86-7358222
Press and Cultural Affairs Section, Embassy of Japan in Ireland
Tel: 01 – 202 8305, E-mail: cultural@ir.mofa.go.jp, Website
@laoneill "it's our job as researchers to keep reminding governments how important basic research is"
"For Dev basic research being carried out in Ireland was a badge of pride"
@NeasaMcG Schrödinger's work in causality was not well received by the religious authorities at the time
At the same time DIAS did have Catholic priests working on research projects in the early days, so there was not the conflict you might think between science and religion
@CormacORafferty on how unsuccessful work, in Schrödinger's case, unified field theory, is just as important part of science.
And no one has managed to crack it yet!
And not forgetting the cat
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17th February 2016 – Japanese Space Mission ASTRO-H launch
DIAS is a partner in Japan’s ASTRO-H space mission. The spacecraft was launched successfully from Tanegashima by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA at 8:45 am (GMT) Wednesday morning 17th February. The launch can be viewed here.
In accordance with Japanese tradition the mission will be re-named after launch, but for now is still called ASTRO-H. It is a powerful X-ray telescope with, for the first time in a space mission, micro-bolometer detectors which will allow precision spectroscopy in X-rays. It also carries three cameras working in soft and hard X-rays respectively as well as a soft gamma-ray instrument. It will be used to study many astronomical phenomena including accretion onto black holes, jets from active galaxies, particle acceleration in supernova remnants and the dynamics of hot gas in galaxy clusters. In spectroscopy it is expected to be about 30 times better than the best existing instruments. Observations in X-rays are a key part of modern astronomy and can only be made from space as the X-rays are absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere.
ASTRO-H has been built by a major international collaboration led by JAXA with over 60 contributing institutions in Japan, the US, Canada, and Europe including DIAS in Ireland. DIAS Professor Felix Aharonian is one of three scientists supported by the European Space Agency as part of the ASTRO-H science team and DIAS contributed one scientific member to the project.
Welcoming this scientific cooperation between Ireland and Japan, Mrs Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland said, “I am delighted that the Japanese satellite Astro-H will be launched in partnership with DIAS research team. This project is an important follow up of the joint declaration entitled “Partnership for Innovation and Growth”, issued by Prime Minister Abe and the Taoiseach Enda Kenny when they exchanged reciprocal visits in 2013, resolving to strengthen the ties between our two countries in the field of Research, Development and Innovation”, and continued, “I hope that teams involved will obtain the expected results, and that the close connections between Japan and Ireland, and broader international cooperation will go from strength to strength in the years ahead”.
The Director of the School of Cosmic Physics, Prof Luke Drury, commented “This is a marvelous opportunity for our young students and researchers to collaborate with Japanese colleagues in expanding our understanding of the universe.”
Further Information
Contact
Prof Luke Drury, DIAS: ld@cp.dias.ie, Tel: +353-86-8228815
Prof Felix Aharonian, DIAS: felix.aharonian@dias.ie, Tel +353-86-7358222
Press and Cultural Affairs Section, Embassy of Japan in Ireland
Tel: 01 – 202 8305, E-mail: cultural@ir.mofa.go.jp, Website
The X-ray Astronomy Satellite “ASTRO-H” was revealed to the media on November 27th at the Tsukuba Space Center. (Copyright : JAXA)
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Big thank you to @MartinaPQuinn of @helloalicepr for moderating the discussion, and of course to our panel @NeasaMcG @CormacORafferty and @laoneill111
@CormacORafferty "to cut yourself off from fundamental research means you could miss out on some of the biggest ideas"
@laoneill "it's our job as researchers to keep reminding governments how important basic research is" "For Dev basic research being carried out in Ireland was a badge of pride"
@NeasaMcG Schrödinger's work in causality was not well received by the religious authorities at the time At the same time DIAS did have Catholic priests working on research projects in the early days, so there was not the conflict you might think between science and religion
@laoneill111 Schrödinger was very popular in social circles in Dublin, a bit of a renaissance man
@CormacORafferty Schrödinger was gifted at explaining difficult concepts
@CormacORafferty on how unsuccessful work, in Schrödinger's case, unified field theory, is just as important part of science. And no one has managed to crack it yet! And not forgetting the cat
@laoneill111 how Schrödinger's book inspired scientists to change fields and result in the finding of the double helix.
@NeasaMcG explaining how DIAS came about and how Schrödinger was attracted to Ireland #DIASdiscovers
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@dias_geophysics have developed something special for @galway2020 in collaboration with composer David Stalling. It is an audio-visual composition “Palace of Ships,” based on sounds, images and seismic data from DIAS’ @SEA_SEIS Expeditions. More: dias.ie/2020/09/14/dia…
Meet some of our panelists for tomorrows discussion on the impact and legacy of the work carried out by Erwin Schroedinger during his time in Ireland as our first Director of Theoretical Physics Grab a free ticket here: eventbrite.ie/e/115984908985