Wide-field submillimeter spectroscopic imaging systems for Galactic plane surveys

AST-0602290 Grocker，ChristopherDr. Growster被授予NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，在亚利桑那大学开展研究和教育计划，在那里他将参与领先的亚毫米波光谱成像阵列的开发。这些阵列将被用来调查银河平面在几个重要的天体物理线，以更好地了解星际介质的生命周期（ISM）。特别是，Growster博士将领导SuperCam的仪器团队，该仪器将比任何现有的亚毫米波长光谱成像阵列大一个数量级。卓越的测绘速度，加上海因里希·赫兹望远镜的效率和角分辨率，将使SuperCam成为探测银河系和遥远宇宙中星星形成历史的强大仪器。格罗维茨博士还将重新启用斯图尔特天文台学生射电望远镜（SRT），将SuperCam项目的科学和工程协同作用带给本科生和中学生。他将与天文学、物理学和工程学本科生组成的团队一起，升级SRT的电子和计算机控制系统，并构建一个基于Java的Web浏览器插件，使SRT能够安全地远程操作，并具有数据显示和分析能力。这将使全国和世界各地成千上万的中学生和大学生能够进入SRT。

AST-0602290Groppi, ChristopherDr. Groppi is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a program of research and education at the University of Arizona, where he will participate in the development of leading-edge submillimeter-wave spectroscopic imaging arrays. These arrays will be used to survey the Galactic Plane in several important astrophysical lines to better understand the life cycle of the interstellar medium (ISM). In particular, Dr. Groppi will lead the instrument team for SuperCam, which will be an order of magnitude larger than any existing spectroscopic imaging array at submillimeter wavelengths. Exceptional mapping speed, combined with the efficiency and angular resolution of the Heinrich Hertz Telescope, will make SuperCam a uniquely-powerful instrument for probing the history of star formation in our Galaxy and the distant Universe.Dr. Groppi will also re-commission the Steward Observatory Student Radio Telescope (SRT) to bring the same science and engineering synergy of the SuperCam project to undergraduate and secondary students. With a team of undergraduate astronomy, physics and engineering students, he will upgrade the electronic and computer control systems in the SRT and construct a Java-based web browser plug-in that will allow secure remote operation of the SRT with data display and analysis capability. This will allow access to the SRT by thousands of secondary school and university students around the country and the world.