CAREER: Beyond Cosmological Parameters

AST- 0134999Max TegmarkDr. Tegmark在宾夕法尼亚大学获得资金，以完善当前的宇宙学模型。 这些模型将利用现有的和新的数据，包括宇宙微波背景观测，星系调查，超新星调查等。通过对这些数据的全球分析，他希望能够解决暗物质和暗能量的性质，而不仅仅是它们的电流密度，大尺度上的引力行为，早期宇宙的性质以及宇宙结构形成的历史。PI还将在费城学区启动一个高中外展计划。 PI和研究生将在高中科学课上进行关于宇宙学的讲座和演示，希望招募学生参加现有的项目，这些项目通常只涉及富裕的郊区。除了他的常规课程开发，PI还将加强他现有的宇宙学网站，以包含一个全面的介绍国家的最先进的宇宙学研究在外行，为广大公众。

AST- 0134999Max TegmarkDr. Tegmark is awarded funds at the University of Pennsylvania to refine current cosmological models. These models will make use of existing and new data that include observations of the cosmic microwave background, galaxy surveys, supernova surveys, and others. With global analysis of these data, he expects to be able to address the natures of dark matter and dark energy beyond just their current density, the behavior of gravity on large scales, the nature of the early universe, and the history of structure formation in the universe. The PI will also initiate a high-school outreach program in the Philadelphia school district. The PI and graduate students will present lectures and demonstrations on cosmology to high-school science classes, hoping to recruit students into existing programs that typically reach only the affluent suburbs. In addition to his regular course development, the PI will also enhance his existing website on cosmology to contain a comprehensible introduction to state-of-the-art cosmology research in lay terms, intended for the general public.