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Dr Gail Iles - Bragg Institute, ANSTO DESCRIPTION:Science in Space: Reality vs FictionHere I share my own experiences of cond ucting science in microgravity, training the next generation of astronauts, and the similarities to every-day life onboard the International Space Sta tion with those depicted in film.  I shall also describe some typical scien tific experiments conducted in space, and the process followed to fly your experiment in reduced gravity conditions. \nUsing the French Zero-G airbus, we have performed condensed matter experiments in 2G and microgravity to i nvestigate the agglomeration of intermetallic melts.  We discovered that wi thout the earth-based forces of gravity and convective heat flows we were a ble to grow unique nanoparticulate structures, impossible to fabricate in e arth-based laboratories.\nRecently, Hollywood has treated us to two modern- day blockbuster movies set in space: Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and I nterstellar starring Matthew McConaughey.  The films are exciting and tackl e Newtonian physics in the special effects, but are the orbital mechanics a nd relativity accurate?  After this seminar – you can decide!\nAbout Dr Ile sRole at ANSTODr Gail Iles is an instrument scientist responsible for EMU, the cold neutron backscattering spectrometer (http://www.ansto.gov.au/Resea rchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Emu/index.htm), in the Bragg Institute.  Her expertise in neutron scattering has been demonstrated through charact erisation measurements at neutron sources around the world, and in neutron instrumentation.\nGail was instrument scientist of FALCON, the neutron Laue diffractometer (http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/igama_output?modus=e inzel&sprache=en&gid=1887) at HZB in Berlin, Germany, responsible f or the design, construction and commissioning of this new instrument.  Prev iously, Gail also spent a short time as instrument scientist on the high-fl ux powder diffractometer, D20 (http://www.ill.eu/instruments-support/instru ments-groups/instruments/d20) at the ILL in Grenoble, France. Gail’s resear ch interests are in the field of rare earth magnetism.  The very high resol ution of EMU will be ideal for investigating hyperfine energy fields which typically occur at just a few µeV.  A number of rare earth atoms have been shown to undergo hyperfine splitting which can be observed as the interacti on between the spins of the incoming neutron and the sample nuclei.  Studie s of nuclear magnetism will help us better understand the mechanisms of hig h-temperature superconductivity, for example.\nQualifications and Achieveme nts\n - WISE Champion award (http://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/about-us) prese nted by HRH Princess Anne for a range of outreach activities with Unlimited Theatre; for inspiring children, especially girls, to study science, techn ology and mathematical subjects at school (2011)\n - Novespace Bronze Medal awarded for flying 500 parabolas onboard the Zero-G aircraft, Bordeaux, Fr ance, accumulating over 2.5 hours in microgravity (2011)\n - European Space Agency fellowship awarded to characterise intermetallics at ILL and ESRF, Grenoble, France, within the framework of the FP6 project, IMPRESS (2007-20 09)\n - PhD in experimental condensed matter physics awarded by University of Leicester, UK (2007)\n - BSc (Hons) in Natural Sciences with Physics awa rded by Open University, UK (2003) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Science in Space: Reality vs Fiction

Here I share my own experie nces of conducting science in microgravity, training the next generation of astronauts, and the similarities to every-day life onboard the Internation al Space Station with those depicted in film.  I shall also describe some t ypical scientific experiments conducted in space, and the process followed to fly your experiment in reduced gravity conditions. 

Using the Fren ch Zero-G airbus, we have performed condensed matter experiments in 2G and microgravity to investigate the agglomeration of intermetallic melts.  We d iscovered that without the earth-based forces of gravity and convective hea t flows we were able to grow unique nanoparticulate structures, impossible to fabricate in earth-based laboratories.

Recently, Hollywood has tre ated us to two modern-day blockbuster movies set in space: Gravity, starrin g Sandra Bullock and Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey.  The films are exciting and tackle Newtonian physics in the special effects, but are t he orbital mechanics and relativity accurate?  After this seminar – y ou can decide!

About Dr Iles

Dr Gail IlesRole at ANSTO

Dr Gail Iles is an instrument scientist responsible for EMU, the cold neutron backscattering spectrometer, in the Brag g Institute.  Her expertise in neutron scattering has been demonstrated thr ough characterisation measurements at neutron sources around the world, and in neutron instrumentation.

Gail was instrument scientist of FALCON, the neutron Laue diffractometer at HZB in Berlin, Germany, responsible for the design, construction and commissionin g of this new instrument.  Previously, Gail also spent a short time as inst rument scientist on the high-flux powder diffractometer, D20 at the ILL in Grenoble, France. Gail’s research interests are in the field of rare earth magnetism.  The very high resolution of EMU wil l be ideal for investigating hyperfine energy fields which typically occur at just a few µeV.  A number of rare earth atoms have been shown to undergo hyperfine splitting which can be observed as the interaction between the s pins of the incoming neutron and the sample nuclei.  Studies of nuclear mag netism will help us better understand the mechanisms of high-temperature su perconductivity, for example.

Qualifications and Achievements

  • WISE Cham pion award presented by HRH Princess Anne for a range of outreach activ ities with Unlimited Theatre; for inspiring children, especially girls, to study science, technology and mathematical subjects at school (2011)
    • Novespace Bronze Medal awarded for flying 500 parabolas onboard the Zero- G aircraft, Bordeaux, France, accumulating over 2.5 hours in microgravity ( 2011)
  • European Space Agency fellowship awarded to characterise inte rmetallics at ILL and ESRF, Grenoble, France, within the framework of the F P6 project, IMPRESS (2007-2009)
  • PhD in experimental condensed matte r physics awarded by University of Leicester, UK (2007)
  • BSc (Hons) in Natural Sciences with Physics awarded by Open University, UK (2003)
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