The Sun: A Laboratory for Astrophysics to be held June 16-29, 1991 in Crieff, Scotland

《太阳：天体物理学实验室》将于 1991 年 6 月 16 日至 29 日在苏格兰克里夫举行

• 批准号: 9013008
• 负责人: Joan Schmelz
• 金额: $ 1.7万
• 依托单位: Applied Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-02-01 至 1992-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9013008&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sun; Laboratory; Astrophysics; held; June

A continuing problem in the demographics of the U.S. astronomical community is the scarcity of high-quality young solar physicists. The average age of solar astronomers is among the highest of any astronomical discipline, and this problem is aggravated by the dearth of U.S. academic institutions that actively support solar research. The Principal Investigator (PI) seeks to alleviate this problem through a two-week, NATO Advanced Study Institute summer course in Scotland. This course would bring together experts in various subdisciplines of solar physics to teach graduate students the important advances in techniques in concepts in their fields. Detailed notes from the course would be written by the astronomers, and would be made available to the students and other interested parties. Some 80% of the expenses for this course will be paid by the NATO ASI. However, owing to certain restrictions on the international distribution of students in ASI courses, the PI is requesting additional support for travel from the NSF. It is hoped that this summer course will alleviate the scarcity of young solar astronomers in the U.S. and will help highlight the demographic problem in this discipline that has existed for at least two decades.

美国天文学界的一个持续存在的问题是缺乏高素质的年轻太阳物理学家。 太阳天文学家的平均年龄是所有天文学学科中最高的，而由于美国缺乏积极支持太阳研究的学术机构，这个问题变得更加严重。 首席研究员 (PI) 试图通过在苏格兰举办的为期两周的北约高级研究所夏季课程来缓解这一问题。 本课程将汇集太阳物理学各个分支学科的专家，向研究生讲授各自领域概念技术的重要进展。 该课程的详细笔记将由天文学家撰写，并提供给学生和其他感兴趣的团体。 本课程约 80% 的费用将由北约 ASI 支付。 然而，由于 ASI 课程的学生国际分布受到某些限制，PI 请求 NSF 提供额外的旅行支持。 希望这个夏季课程能够缓解美国年轻太阳天文学家的短缺问题，并有助于凸显这一学科中至少存在了二十年的人口问题。