3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
"Aliens" and high energy astrophysics
In 1967, Susan Jocelyn Bell, a PhD student in the Cambridge University, discovered a strange signal in the radio telescope data. It was considered as a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence. The Nobel prize was awarded for this greatest discovery in 1974. As of now, about 2000 "alien stars" are known. They are all small in size, only 10 km in radius, but are heavier than the Sun. On their surface, materialization from vacuum is happening. The purpose for observing these special stars is not to communicate with aliens, but to answer the question why the Universe is filled with high energy particles. I will introduce the current status of "alien star" observations together with the recent results and future projects.