RUI: Very High Resolution Photoabsorption Cross-Sections in the Vacuum Ultraviolet

这一奖项是为了支持一个由少数族裔本科院校与国家标准与技术研究所合作的项目。该项目涉及对氧、氮和氢分子的高分辨率光谱的实验室研究。这些研究应该会引起大气科学和天体物理学的基本兴趣。将利用NIST存储环和高分辨率光谱仪设施产生的同步辐射。这是世界上两个类似的设施之一，具有超高分辨率能力和在整个真空紫外线范围内的信号源可调谐性。教师和本科生将直接参与NIST的实验室项目，并在他们的家乡机构进行数据简化和分析。该计划计划包括学年部分以及广泛的暑期活动。

This award is to support a project from a minority undergraduate institution in conjunction with the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The project involves a laboratory study of high resolution spectroscopy of the oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen molecules. These studies should lead to basic quantities of fundamental interest in both atmospheric science and astrophysics. Use will be made of the synchrotron radiation generated with the NIST storage ring and the high resolution spectrometer facility. This is one of the two comparable facilities in the world that has the combination of ultra-high resolution capability and source tunability over the entire vacuum ultraviolet range. Faculty and undergraduate students will be directly involved in the laboratory program at NIST and at their home institution doing data reduction and analysis. The program is planned to include an academic year component as well as an extensive summer activity.