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

这个奖项是为了支持一个来自少数民族的项目 本科院校与国家 标准与技术研究所。 该项目涉及一个 氧的高分辨率光谱学的实验室研究， 氮和氢分子。这些研究将导致 大气中的基本物理量 科学和天体物理学。 我们将使用同步加速器 NIST储存环产生的辐射和高 分辨率分光计设备这是其中一个 世界上类似的设施， 超高分辨率能力和源可调谐性， 整个真空紫外线范围。 教师和本科生 学生将直接参与实验室计划， NIST和他们的家庭机构进行数据简化， 分析. 该计划计划包括一个学年 也是一个广泛的夏季活动。

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.