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26 October 2015
Dr Craig Kulesa
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Dear Craig
I acknowledge that I am identified by name as a
collaborator on the investigation entitled “Continued
Development of the HEAT telescope at Ridge A” that is being
submitted by Dr. Craig Kulesa in response to NSF Program
Solicitation 13-527 (Antarctic Research, PLR), and that I
intend to carry out all responsibilities identified for me
in this proposal. I understand that the extent and
justification of my participation as stated in this
proposal will be considered during peer review in
determining in part the merits of this proposal.
I am supported by the Australian Research Council with a
$300K grant for a complementary project using the 22m Mopra
telescope in Australia which will obtain the CO J=1-0 data
at similar spatial and spectral resolution as the data
being obtained by the HEAT telescope. The University of
New South Wales is further supporting the project with an
award of a further 300K to purchase the necessary observing
time on the Mopra telescope to conduct this southern
Galactic plane CO survey. These two facilities (HEAT and
Mopra) work together towards the science objectives in this
proposal, as evident through our two recent publications
(Burton et al., 2013 & 2014) referred to in this proposal.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Michael Burton
AST/ATI: Advanced Tech. & Instr.