US-Japan Workshop : The COSMIC Evolution Survey

该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2005年5月23日至27日在日本京都举行的美日联合宇宙演化调查（Cosmic）科学家研讨会。联合组织者是帕萨迪纳加州理工学院的Nicholas Scoville教授和日本仙台东北大学的Yoshiaku Taniguchi教授。与哈勃太空望远镜和斯巴鲁巡天相关的主要数据集将完成，研讨会将重点关注这一前所未有的巡天所带来的宇宙演化科学。来自欧洲的科学家也将出席。这组科学家将合作分析关于早期宇宙结构和演化的前所未有的广谱数据集。他们还安排了专门讨论公共宣传倡议的会议。共同组织者在该领域具有互补的科学专业知识。这使它们能够评估并吸引最优秀的科学研究人员参与。与会的天体物理学家都是该领域的国际领军人物。研讨会将汇集一直在分析不同宇宙元素（如暗物质、AGN和发光星系）的团队，重点研究它们的耦合演化。宇宙调查和这次研讨会的广泛影响是巨大的。这是HST（美国宇航局的一个设施）和其他参与设施（斯巴鲁和ESO-VLT）所做的最重要的调查，因此肯定会对未来的宇宙学研究和公众对早期宇宙的理解产生持久的影响。研讨会的组织者特别努力让博士后和研究生作为参与者和观察员。会议结束后，他们安排他们参观一些研究设施。与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。研讨会结束后，组织者计划建立一个研讨会网页。会议记录将在本网站公布。

0456439ScovilleThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan joint workshop for scientists on the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMIC) to be held in Kyoto, Japan from May 23-27, 2005. The co-organizers are Professor Nicholas Scoville at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and Professor Yoshiaku Taniguchi at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. The major datasets associated with the COSMOS Hubble Space Telescope and Subaru surveys will be complete and the workshop will focus on the cosmic evolution science enabled by this unprecedented survey. Scientists from Europe will also be in attendance. This group of scientists will collaborate to analyze unprecedented, broad-spectrum datasets on the structure and evolution of the early universe. They have also scheduled sessions to specifically address public outreach initiatives.The co-organizers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. This enables them to evaluate and attract the best science researchers to participate. The astrophysicists attending are international leaders in the field. The workshop will bring together teams that have been analyzing different cosmological elements (e.g. dark matter, AGN and luminous galaxies) to focus on their coupled evolution. The broad impacts of the COSMOS survey, and this workshop are enormous. This is the most substantial survey ever done by HST (a NASA facility) and other participating facilities (Subaru and ESO-VLT) and therefore is sure to have a long-lasting impact on future cosmological research and on the public's understanding of the early universe. The workshop organizers have made a special effort to involve postdocs and graduate students as both participants and observers. Following the meeting they have arranged for them to visit a number of research facilities. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in the field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Following the seminar the organizers plan to establish a workshop web page. Conference proceedings will be published on this web site.