周定一专任教授-清华大学物理系.doc

周定一 專任教授 辦公室：物理館617 分機： 42528 E-mail：chou@.tw 實驗室：物理館603(天文物理實驗室) 分機： 42529, 42530 網頁: .tw .tw 研究領域：天文物理 主要研究項目：太陽內部、恆星內部、日地關係 研究項目簡介：本實驗室設計、製作小型全自動光學望遠鏡系統，裝設於全球適當的經度，建立兩個全球觀測網。其中【】【】：。，。，。。，。。。。： 。。張祥光 專任副教授 辦公室：物理館 711 分機： 42952 E-mail：hkchang@.tw 實驗室：物理館 710 (高能天文物理研究室) 分機：42953 研究領域：天文物理 主要研究項目：High Energy Astrophysics, Gamma-ray and X-ray Astronomy, Pulsars, Neutron Stars 研究項目簡介： Research activities of the High Energy Astrophysics Group include high energy astrophysics related instrumentations, observations, and theoretical investigation. Current on-going projects are described briefly in the following. * The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT) project The NCT project is a joint effort of several institutions in Taiwan and in US. The NCT is a balloon-borne telescope designed to study astrophysical sources of hard X-ray and gamma-ray emission with high spectral resolution, moderate angular resolution, and novel sensitivity to gamma-ray polarization. The heart of NCT is an array of novel cross-strip germanium detectors, each of 15-mm thickness and 5400 mm^2 active area, with full 3D position resolution 2 mm^3. NCT will perform Compton imaging in the 0.2-10 MeV gamma-ray band, and simultaneously perform coded-mask imaging in the 20-100 keV hard X-ray band. We are currently planning a 6-detector long duration balloon flight of the NCT instrument from Australia in December 2007. * X-ray occultation of trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) We have discovered, for the first time in astronomy, X-ray occultation events caused by TNOs. These events were found in the RXTE/PCA X-ray light curve of Sco X-1 at millisecond time scales. It opens up a new window for TNO surveys, particularly for the smallest, most abundant TNOs. The implication to the distribution of TNOs is being studied. * Radio quiet isolated neutron stars (RQINs) RQINs are neutron stars without radio emission or any signature of a binary system. Their various properties provid