Status of Radio Astronomy Research in Malaysia: Cosmology and Solar By Click to edit Master subtitle style Norsuzian Mohd

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Radio Cosmology Research Laboratory, University of Malaya ,Malaysia.

Development of Radio Astronomy

mapping
Solar Monitoring Project-ISWI project(e-

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) study-GIS

CALLISTO)
Spectroscopy of galaxy clusters in order to

study Dark Matter

Radio Meteor Counting Jupiter Radio burst Future: research hub for the global projects of
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Global-Very Long Baseline Interferometer

http://webmail.jb.man.ac.uk/distance/observatory/index.ph

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Radio Solar monitoring

E-CALLISTO extended CompactAstronomicalLowcostLow-frequencyInstrument forSpectroscopy andTransportableObservatory -to detect solar activity in low frequency

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Cosmology Research
Investigations of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

for Dark Matter Study

Investigation of Dark Matter in Galaxy Cluster.

Collaboration with Jodrell Bank internet Observatory (JBiO)

Rotation curve of A262 Galaxy Cluster

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http://fizik.um.edu.my/elektronik/radio/

Radio Cosmology Research Laboratory Research Objectives

Comprehensive RFI Surveys in Malaysia Developement of GIS for RFI Mapping in

Malaysia

Spectrum Management in Radio Astronomy Radio Quite Zone (RQZ) Study in Malaysia Experimental Dark Matter Study in Galaxy

Cluster

Theoretical Dark Matter Study in Spheroidal

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Radio Astronomy in UM : 2011

Dr. Zamri Bin Zainal Abidin
BSc - University of Malaya , MSc (University Malaya) , Dphil (Manchester Unibversity) IAU (Paris), FIPM Area of Expertise: Astrophysics (Radio Astronomy), Elementary Perticle Physics (Solar Neutrino, Primordial Particle Physics), Cosmology (Cosmic Microwave Background (Polarization)), Radio Frequency Interference In Radio Astronomy Email:zzaa@um.edu.my Prof. Dr. Zainol Zainal Abidin BSc - University of Malaya (1977), PhD - University of Durham UK(1984) Area of Expertise: Physics Electronic and Electronics Devices Email:drzai@um.edu.my

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Radio Cosmology Research

Norsiah Hashim
Phd title: Rotation curve study of dark matter in galaxy cluster
BSc - University Of Teknologi Malaysia (1998), MSc - University Of Teknologi Malaysia (2002) Specialization: Approximation Theory (Perturbation Theory) PhD: Dark Matter Study

Collaboration with SISSA, Italy Timeline: First year into 3-year joint-project Email:norsiahashim@um.edu.my

Ungku Ferwani Salwa Ungku Ibrahim

Phd title: Study of Dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxy
BSc-University of Malaya,Msc- University of Malaya Specialization:Elementary particle physics,cosmology. Email: uferwanis@um.edu.my

Mohammad Shaiful Rizal Hassan

Msc title: Study of Dark matter in galaxy cluster of A262 BSc: University of Malaya(2010) Specialization: optical astronomy
Inter-galactic Dark Matter in galaxy clusters Collaboration with JBO, United Kingdom Timeline: First 6 months into 1 and half-year project

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Solar Monitoring
Zety Sharizat bt Hamidi
Phd title: Solar Burst monitoring by using e-CALLISTO in Malaysia
BSc - University of Malaya (2004), MSc - University of Malaya(2008) Specialization: Optical astronomy (Spectroscopy and Photometry) Email:zsharizat@yahoo.co.uk

Norsuzian Mohd Anim

MSc title: Radio Frequency Interference Study for solar monitoring

Specialization: Radio Frequency Interference study Email:zsharizat@yahoo.co.uk

BSc - University of Malaya (2011),

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e-CALLISTO Compact Astronomical Low-frequency, Lowcost Instrument for Spectroscopy in Transportable Observatories Solar Radio Spectrometer for Solar weather

RFI study
Roslan Umar Phd title: GIS mapping for radio astronomy in Malaysia Collaboration : NARIT Thailand for RFI survey Mohd Fairos Assilam MSc title: RQZ study in Malaysia E-mail: fairos@angkasa.gov.my Zulfazli Rosli MSc title: RFI Spectrum management Malaysia

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Undergraduate student

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Astronomy in Malaysia

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My Research Interest
Radio frequency interference study related to

contour shielding effect to solar monitoring activity

Space weather Build a system for RFI survey

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A.M Norsuzian,Abidin Z.Z.Setting Up Radio

telescope in Malaysia. 1st AKEPT Young Researcher Conference and Exhibition (AYRC X3 2011), PWTC Kuala Lumpur. 19 20 Dec 2011. pp (Proceedings) 2011.(Non-ISI/NonSCOPUS Cited Publication)

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RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2010 Zamri Zainal Abidin, Zainol Abidin Ibrahim, Zulfazli Rosli, Siti Fatin Fathinah Malim, and Norsuzian Mohd Anim (2010). Radio Astronomy Working Group for SEAAN and RFI Survey in INSTUN, Perak. AIP Conf. Proc. Vol 1250, pp. 460-463 (ISI-Cited Publication)

M. A. Al-Amri, Z. Z. Abidin, and Z. A. Ibrahim (2010). Dynamics of Strong Radio Sources with UMRT-2. AIP Conf. Vol. 1250, pp. 472-475 (ISI-Cited Publication) 2009 Abidin Z.Z., Ibrahim Z.A., Syed Adnan S.B.R. and Anuar, N.K. (2009) INVESTIGATION OF RADIO ASTRONOMICAL WINDOWS BETWEEN 1 MHz - 2060 MHz IN UNIVERSITI MALAYA, MALAYSIA, New Astronomy 14 (2009) pp. 579-583 (ISI-Cited Publication)

Abidin Z.Z., Bahari S.B.R.S and Ibrahim Z.A. (2009) RFI PROFILES OF PRIME CANDIDATE SITES FOR THE FIRST RADIO ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE IN MALAYSIA, New Astronomy 15 (2010), pp. 307-312 (ISICited Publication)

Abidin Z.Z. and Ibrahim Z.A. (2009) Radio astronomy research in Malaysia: Past, present and future, IEEE International Conference on Space Science and Communication 2009, p. 179 - 181 (ISI-Cited Publication)

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RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2008 Abidin Z.Z., et al (2008), The Cross Polarization Analysis of the Planck Satellite Main Beam, Jurnal Sains, Vol 16(1) p.23 (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication) Zamri Zainal Abidin and Zainol Abidin Ibrahim (2008), Radio Astronomy in Malaysia, Thai Journal of Physics Series 3, p.198 (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication) 2006 Abidin Z.Z. et al (2006), The First Radio Astronomical Observation of Jupiter Radio Bursts in Malaysia , Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, Vol 27, Number 2, p.99 (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication) 2003 Abidin, Z.Z., et al. (2003), Synchrotron Polarization at High Galactic Latitude , New Astronomy Review, 47, 1151 (ISI-Cited Publication) Proceeding 2006 Abidin, Z.Z., at al (2006), Virialized Dark Matter Halos Study with the First Malaysian Radio Astronomical Telescope , Proceedings of Young Researchers Conference on Applied Sciences, 13-14 June 2006, Subang, Malaysia 2005 Abidin, Z.Z. (2005), SPLASH and a Touch on the First Malaysian Radio Telescope Plan , Proceedings of International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics, 25-29 July 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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CONCLUSIONS
Radio and Optical Astronomy has a very good

potential to develop in Malaysia. research.

Need a networking and collaboration on International Grant Postgraduate training in specific research

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Acknowledgement
I would also like to say my deepest gratitude

to organizing committee "SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2011 for allowing and supporting me participate in this program.

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