RUI: Exploring the Chemical Homogeneity of Globular Cluster Systems

在这个奖项的支持下，威斯康星大学奥什科什分校的迈克尔·布莱利博士将增加我们对银河系球状星团中发现的轻元素丰度不均匀的理解的深度和广度。这些天体在天文学中特别令人感兴趣，因为它们是研究低质量恒星如何演化的实验室，而且它们是可以获得可靠年龄的最古老的天体之一。因此，它们至少包含形成过程中事件和条件的部分化学记录。Briley博士已经制定了一项观测/分析活动，以解决球状星团恒星化学记录中的一个重大数据缺陷。之所以选择这些项目，不仅是因为它们对天文学领域的潜在贡献，还因为它们对以本科为主的机构的教职员工和学生来说是容易接受的，大部分工作将在那里进行。该奖项是通过美国国家科学基金会天文科学部的本科院校研究(RUI)项目颁发的。***

AST-0098489BrileyWith the support of this award, Dr. Michael Briley, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, will increase the depth and breadth of our understanding of the light element abundance inhomogeneities found in globular clusters in the Galaxy. These objects are of particular interest in astronomy because of their roles as laboratories for the study of how low mass stars evolve, and because they are some of the oldest objects for which reliable ages may be obtained. As such, they contain at least a partial chemical record of events and conditions during their formation. Dr. Briley has laid out an observing/analysis campaigns to address a major data deficiency in the chemical records of globular cluster stars. The projects have been chosen not only for potential contribution to the field of astronomy, but also because of their accessibility to faculty and students in a primarily undergraduate institution where the bulk of the work will take place. This award is made through the Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program in the Division of Astronomical Sciences at NSF. ***