Thompson, M.A., Goedhart, S., Benaglia, P., Beuther, H., Blomme, R., Chrysostomou, A.C., Clark, J.S., Dickinson, C., Ellingsen, S., Fenech, D., and others. (2018) MeerGAL: the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey. In: Proceedings of MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA. . POS (doi:10.22323/1.277.0015) (KAR id:69531)
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Abstract
Radio surveys of the Milky Way galaxy have transformed our understanding of star formation
and stellar evolution. However, due to strong dependence of “survey cost” on frequency most
large area surveys have so far been carried out at low frequencies (? a few GHz). These surveys
select against dense plasma as the free-free turnover frequency scales directly with electron
density which means that there are significant biases against the detection of the youngest and
densest HII regions, Young Stellar Objects, jets, winds and Planetary Nebulae. Here we describe
the MeerKAT Large Project MeerGAL, which aims to address this issue by making the first sensitive
high frequency, high resolution multi-epoch survey of the Galactic Plane. Together with
its Northern Hemisphere sister project KuGARS (the Ku-band Galactic Reconnaissance Survey),
MeerGAL will revolutionise the study of massive star formation and stellar evolution, Galactic
structure, and variability.
| Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Proceeding) |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.22323/1.277.0015 |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
| Depositing User: | James Urquhart |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2018 13:31 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 12:31 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/69531 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Urquhart, J.S..
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