A Network of Workstations to Support Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

支持天文学和天体物理学研究的工作站网络

• 批准号: 8822225
• 负责人: David Turnshek
• 金额: $ 15.19万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-06-01 至 1995-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8822225&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Network; Workstations; Support; Research; Astronomy

This award provides partial funding for a network of workstations that will be used to support research programs in observational and theoretical astrophysics at the University of Pittsburgh. The balance of the funding will be provided by matching funds from the University. The research program will center on Quasi- Stellar Objects (QSOs): the identification of new samples of QSOs, the understanding of the Physical mechanisms operating within QSOs that produce their enormous energy output, and the use of background QSOs to probe the sight lines through matter located at very high redshifts, reflecting the conditions in the early universe. Based around a file server and several powerful client workstations with image display capability, this system will be capable of running standard astronomical data reduction packages, thereby reducing the cost of software development. It will also provide a powerful interface to supercomputers for more general scientific computing and modelling tasks.

该奖项为工作站网络提供部分资金，该网络将用于支持匹兹堡大学的观测和理论天体物理学研究项目。 资金余额将由大学的配套资金提供。 该研究计划将以准恒星天体（QSO）为中心：识别QSO的新样本，了解QSO内部产生巨大能量输出的物理机制，以及使用背景QSO来探测位于非常高红移的物质的视线，反映早期宇宙的条件。 该系统基于文件服务器和多个具有图像显示功能的强大客户端工作站，将能够运行标准天文数据缩减包，从而降低软件开发成本。 它还将为超级计算机提供强大的接口，以执行更通用的科学计算和建模任务。