Cosmic Beginnings and Cosmic Fate: Confronting Inflation and the Dark Sector with Observations

宇宙的起源和宇宙的命运：通过观察对抗通货膨胀和黑暗部门

• 批准号: 0708849
• 负责人: Benjamin Wandelt
• 金额: $ 84.73万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0708849&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cosmic; Beginnings; Fate; Confronting; Inflation

AST-0708849WandeltThis is a broad and ambitious program of research and education related to precision cosmology, focusing on the dual quests to determine the initial conditions of the Universe and to discover the physical properties of dark energy. New statistical techniques for Bayesian covariance analysis can take full advantage of the information contained in the cosmic microwave background and other cosmological probes. Applying these techniques will allow this project to close in on an understanding of how the cosmos began, and what constitutes the dark energy that so dominates it.The associated education program capitalizes on existing infrastructure at the University of Illinois. An exciting new "Einstein's Physics" one-week curriculum will partner with the Colleges of Engineering and Education, and the university's office of Women in Engineering, as part of a camp for high school girls. Support for these activities is part of this award. The research project also enhances graduate and postdoctoral education through an international component associated with the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Munich.As the WMAP satellite produces new data, the Planck satellite launches in 2007, the South Pole Telescope comes online, and other cosmological data become available, the present program of research and education will uncover the initial conditions of the Universe, place strong constraints on the physical properties of dark energy, and open new avenues for the involvement of women and under-represented minorities.

这是一个与精确宇宙学相关的广泛而雄心勃勃的研究和教育计划，重点是确定宇宙的初始条件和发现暗能量的物理特性。贝叶斯协方差分析的新统计技术可以充分利用宇宙微波背景和其他宇宙探测器所包含的信息。应用这些技术将使这个项目接近于理解宇宙是如何开始的，以及是什么构成了如此主导宇宙的暗能量。相关教育项目利用了伊利诺伊大学现有的基础设施。一个令人兴奋的新“爱因斯坦物理学”为期一周的课程将与工程与教育学院以及该大学的工程女性办公室合作，作为高中女生夏令营的一部分。对这些活动的支持是该奖项的一部分。该研究项目还通过与慕尼黑马克斯普朗克天体物理研究所相关的国际组成部分加强了研究生和博士后教育。随着WMAP卫星产生新的数据，普朗克卫星于2007年发射，南极望远镜上线，以及其他宇宙学数据的可用性，目前的研究和教育计划将揭示宇宙的初始条件，对暗能量的物理特性施加强有力的限制，并为妇女和代表性不足的少数民族的参与开辟新的途径。