[ASA] Call for Australia/eROSITA_DE Collaboration Proposals

[Kate Barnard]

Dear colleagues,

Letting you know the Call for Proposals has been extended by a week and is now open until next Monday 7 October 2024.

Kind regards,
Kate Barnard
On behalf of the AAL/eROSITA-DE Management Committee

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From: Kate Barnard <kbarnard at swin.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, 30 August 2024 4:03 PM
To: asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au <asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au>
Subject: Call for Australia/eROSITA_DE Collaboration Proposals

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the fifth call for joint Australia-eROSITA_DE projects which is now open and will be open until Monday 30 September 2024. This call follows four previous successful calls for joint projects under the agreement between Australian-based astronomers, represented by Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) and the German eROSITA Consortium (eROSITA_DE).

At the end of 2021, the eROSITA (extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) instrument completed its fourth survey of the full sky at X-ray wavelengths. In January 2024, the data from the first full sky survey (eRASS1) was made public. Australian astronomers have access to still proprietary data from subsequent surveys through the Australia/eROSITA-DE collaboration.

Although the eROSITA instrument is currently in safe mode, the existing eROSITA data already surpass those coming from previous all-sky X-ray surveys, having much greater depth, image quality, and spectral coverage. The eROSITA data offer the opportunity to study extremely energetic events across vast scales in the Universe, from accreting binary systems at stellar scales to 10-million-degree shocks driven by galaxy cluster mergers.

Australia/eROSITA_DE projects will:

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Require the use of products associated with both the eROSITA_DE survey and Australian surveys/facilities.
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Involve at least one member from each of the eROSITA_DE survey and an Australian Institution.
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Not be in conflict with existing Australia/eROSITA_DE science projects<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mSnZCROND2un96Mryc9f4C1iR1U?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au>.
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Adhere to the existing policies for the individual facilities involved (e.g. proprietary periods, data access, survey teams, observing time, publications).
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(Optionally) Allow participation by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Proposers are required to seek approval by the relevant eROSITA_DE Science Working Group before submission and should thus form their team with the corresponding partners early on. The AAL eROSITA Collaboration webpage<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/rBGtCVARKgC0rJWlzuzhGCEImjW?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au> includes a list of eROSITA_DE contacts including Chairs of Science Working Groups. If you are interested in using eROSITA and Australian facilities for your research, but do not know who to contact specifically, please reach out to Australian Science Lead, Christian Wolf, at christian.wolf at anu.edu.au

A list of participating Australian facilities<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_dYjCWLVXkUz7EMjNhKiPCo5PI0?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au>, Australian surveys<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/qFPFCXLW2mUBvQ8nkHks7CWQqEG?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au>, and existing projects<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mSnZCROND2un96Mryc9f4C1iR1U?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au/> is provided on the AAL eROSITA webpage<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/3GJnCYW8NockR7n3jFMtVCxOVDV?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au> this page where you can also find out more information about the project. Further information is also available on the eROSITA MPE webpage<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/QyveCZY1NqiPZ6kMXHPujCBSXBX?domain=mpe.mpg.de>.

How to apply
The proposal process is described on the AAL eROSITA Project Application page<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/EUAZC1WLPxcny4PpLcyC9CVsbfK?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au> and proposals should be submitted via this Google form<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/an9IC2xMQziKqYBk0I0FRC5Oh81?domain=forms.gle>.

Questions
If you have any questions on this proposal opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact the Australian Science Lead, Christian Wolf (christian.wolf at anu.edu.au) or AAL/eROSITA-DE Committee secretary, Kate Barnard (kate.barnard at astronomyaustralia.org.au).

Kind regards,
Kate Barnard
On behalf of the AAL/eROSITA-DE Management Committee


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Kate Barnard (she/her)

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