U.S.-China Cooperative Research: The Beijing-Arizona Color Survey of the Sky

美中合作研究：北京-亚利桑那州天空色彩调查

• 批准号: 9301805
• 负责人: David Burstein
• 金额: $ 3.42万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-07-01 至 1996-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9301805&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; China; Cooperative; Research; Beijing

This award supports initial collaboration on a major sky survey between scientists at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, and at the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, the Chinese University of Science and Technology, and the Purple Mountain Observatory. This project draws on resources and capabilities in both China and the US: the Chinese will provide a dedicated telescope and data acquisition system and will perform the primary image analysis work; the US group will contribute subsequent follow-up spectroscopy of interesting objects found during the sky survey. The support requested in this proposal is for a "mini-survey" to develop procedures and gain experience for the full-scale survey. The past century has seen a steady transformation of astronomy from a largely descriptive science to a science concerned with understanding the physical structures of the universe and the processes which shape them. New technologies now make it possible to conduct surveys which yield quantitative information for large samples of objects. Using these new technologies, this survey will prepare for a major cooperative survey which will provide a large, accurate data set that can also be applied to studies of galactic structure and stellar populations. This project makes good use of complementary facilities and interests; cooperation with Chinese astronomers on projects such as this is essential for the success of the larger survey of the sky.

该奖项支持在一个 亚利桑那州的科学家们 州立大学和亚利桑那大学， 在北京天文台， 中国科技大学，以及 紫金山天文台。 这个项目 利用中国的资源和能力， 和美国：中国将提供一个专门的 望远镜和数据采集系统， 执行主要图像分析工作;美国 工作组将为后续行动作出贡献 光谱学的有趣的对象发现期间 天空调查。 在这方面所要求的支持 建议进行一次“小型调查”， 程序和获得经验， 调查. 在过去的世纪里， 天文学从一门描述性的科学 到一门科学， 宇宙的物理结构 塑造它们的过程。 现在的新技术 使我们能够进行调查， 大样本的定量信息 对象 利用这些新技术， 调查将为一个大型合作社做准备 调查将提供大量准确的数据， 也可以应用于研究 星系结构和恒星数量这 项目充分利用互补性 设施和利益;与 中国天文学家在这样的项目上， 对于更大规模的调查的成功至关重要， 天空