KISS - KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey

KISS - KPNO 国际光谱调查

• 批准号: 0307766
• 负责人: John Salzer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Wesleyan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0307766&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: KISS; KPNO; International; Spectroscopic; Survey

AST-0307766SalzerGalaxies with active nuclei (AGN) or intense starbursts represent the most energetic phenomena known in the universe, and much of our knowledge of them has come from objective-prism surveys using Schmidt telescopes and photographic plates. The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) International Spectroscopic Survey, or KISS, combines the benefits of a traditional Schmidt objective prism survey with the advantages of using a CCD detector. So far, the survey has been a tremendous success, detecting 2157 emission-line galaxy (ELG) candidates at a density 168 times higher than the famous Markarian survey. The large, deep samples obtained with KISS provide exciting new opportunities to study activity of all types, and will allow us better to understand this activity in the context of galaxy formation and evolution in general. This particular project builds on the survey's existing successes, extending it to additional regions on the sky and expanding its redshift range, and enhancing the scientific return with high quality follow-up spectra from a variety of large telescopes. All of the KISS data products are freely available to all members of the community.In addition to being extremely productive in terms of scientific results, the KISS project has been the centerpiece for an active program of involving undergraduate students in meaningful research. To date a dozen undergraduate and nine master's students have participated. All have experienced scientific research first-hand, a dozen have written theses based on their work, and several have already co-authored papers. Students from traditionally under-represented groups make up 71% of the KISS student researchers.***

具有活动核（AGN）或强烈的恒星爆发的Galerkin代表了宇宙中已知的最具活力的现象，我们对它们的大部分知识都来自使用施密特望远镜和照相底片的物镜棱镜调查。 基特峰国家天文台（KPNO）国际光谱调查，或KISS，结合了传统的施密特物镜棱镜调查的好处与使用CCD探测器的优势。 到目前为止，这项调查取得了巨大的成功，探测到了2157个发射线星系（ELG）候选者，其密度是著名的Markarian调查的168倍。 KISS获得的大而深的样本为研究所有类型的活动提供了令人兴奋的新机会，并将使我们能够更好地了解星系形成和演化背景下的这种活动。 这个特殊的项目建立在调查现有的成功基础上，将其扩展到天空中的其他区域，扩大其红移范围，并通过各种大型望远镜的高质量后续光谱来提高科学回报。 KISS的所有数据产品都免费提供给社区的所有成员。除了在科学成果方面非常富有成效外，KISS项目一直是一个积极的计划的核心，让本科生参与有意义的研究。 迄今为止，已有12名本科生和9名硕士生参加。 所有人都有过科学研究的第一手经验，十几个人已经根据他们的工作写了论文，还有几个人已经合著了论文。 来自传统代表性不足群体的学生占KISS学生研究人员的71%。