An Undergraduate Research Program in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics

引力波天体物理学本科研究项目

• 批准号: 9731881
• 负责人: Kenneth Libbrecht
• 金额: $ 19.05万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-03-15 至 2002-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9731881&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Research; Program; Gravitational; Wave

This grant will support the continuation of an REU Site which was established at Caltech in 1997 under the aegis of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project. The REU Site activities will focus on a ten- week summer research program at Caltech, involving ten undergraduate students from around the U.S. Research projects will involve mainly the physics and engineering of the LIGO initial and advanced detectors, data analysis techniques and software, and theoretical studies of astrophysical gravitational-wave sources. Individual LIGO scientists and engineers will serve as student mentors, while the overall program environment and administration will be the responsibility of the PI. Active recruiting efforts will be aimed at a number of target institutions in order to attract a diverse group of talented and motivated students.

这笔赠款将用于支持1997年在激光干涉引力波天文台（LIGO）项目的支持下在加州理工学院建立的REU站点的延续。 REU网站的活动将集中在加州理工学院为期十周的夏季研究计划，涉及来自美国各地的十名本科生的研究项目将主要涉及LIGO初始和先进探测器的物理和工程，数据分析技术和软件，以及天体物理引力波源的理论研究。 个别LIGO科学家和工程师将担任学生导师，而整个项目环境和管理将由PI负责。 将针对一些目标机构积极开展招聘工作，以吸引各种有才华和有上进心的学生。