Faculdade de Ciências Exactas e da Engenharia
PISO 02 Gabinete 2.104 (coordenador)
9020-105 FUNCHAL
The Astronomy Group of the University of Madeira (GAUMa) was created in June 2000 and has as its main objectives Teaching, Research and the Dissemination of Astronomy on the Autonomous Region of Madeira. In the field of research the total number of publications, talks, posters, dissertations and internal reports exceeds the hundred mark. In terms of dissemination amongst the general public and/or students from different schools in the region, there have been over 500 events (including lectures, observation sessions, exhibitions and small projects). In the teaching field, ventures included an undergraduate degree in Electronic and Instrumentation Engineering (field of Astronomy) in addition to over twenty initiatives focusing on the teacher training and the publication of in-class support material. GAUMa manages the Astronomy and Instrumentation Laboratory (LAI) which aims at carrying out research projects (in collaboration with schools and other institutions) and the Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (with over 7000 volumes, some of which with more than a hundred years old). The objectives of GAUMa also include the setting up of an astronomical observatory in Madeira (scientifically proven to have some of the best locations for astronomical observation in the northern hemisphere).
Faculdade de Ciências Exactas e da Engenharia
PISO 02 Gabinete 2.104 (coordenador)
9020-105 FUNCHAL
Study of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs): PBHs may have formed during the early stage of the Universe. At GAUMa we study theoretically its creation mechanisms, distribution throughout the Universe and eventual detection. PBHs allow us to track the primordial Universe and are pointed as the sources of the recently detected gravitational waves.
Setup of the Astronomical Observatory on the Island of Madeira with the potential of using it for research work in collaboration with other institutions. It is also intended that the observatory be used for observation sessions by students from different schools in the island as well as by the public in general, and that it can work as a promotion vector for scientific tourism.
Researchers at GAUMa are responsible for 5 new entrees in the new Encyclopedic Dictionary of Madeira: 1) Astronomy; 2) International Year of Astronomy 2009; 3) Astronomy Group of the University of Madeira; 4) William Kingdom Clifford; 5) William Thomson (Lord Kelvin).
Annual event - "Astronomy Week". This is an event which has been held since 2001 with the aim of, during a week, disclosing and promoting Astronomy alongside to the different schools in Madeira as well as the public in general.
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