The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Asteroids to Cosmology, Chicago, IL

斯隆数字巡天：从小行星到宇宙学，芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

• 批准号: 0832235
• 负责人: David Weinberg
• 金额: $ 0.95万
• 依托单位: Astrophysical Research Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0832235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sloan; Digital; Sky; Survey; Asteroids

Over eight years of observations, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has contributed to many fields of astronomy, from the identification of distinct families of asteroids in our own solar system to the discovery of the most distant luminous quasars, mapping both the surprisingly complex distribution of stars in our own Milky Way and the distribution of galaxies that trace the largest scale structures in the Universe. This broad-ranging symposium will review progress and prospects, integrating observational contributions from the SDSS and from other major surveys with theoretical interpretation of the results, and to discuss plans for the next generation of large astronomical survey projects. The organizers plan on 200 participants, about half of them from the SDSS Collaboration (which itself has some 300 scientific participants) and half from elsewhere. The seven main science sessions will be: The Solar System, Stars, The Milky Way and Its Neighbors, Galaxies, Quasars, Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Clusters, and Supernova Cosmology. Sessions will include invited reviews, contributed talks, and poster presentations.The major goal of the conference is to review results from the 15-year effort on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and present these to the broader community. Funds from this grant will support reduced registration fees and travel expenses for student participants.

在八年的观测中，斯隆数字巡天（SDSS）为天文学的许多领域做出了贡献，从确定我们太阳系中不同的小行星家族到发现最遥远的发光类星体，绘制出我们银河系中令人惊讶的复杂恒星分布，以及追踪宇宙中最大尺度结构的星系分布。这次范围广泛的研讨会将回顾进展和前景，整合SDSS和其他主要调查的观测贡献以及对结果的理论解释，并讨论下一代大型天文调查项目的计划。组织者计划有200名参与者，其中大约一半来自SDSS合作组织（该组织本身有大约300名科学参与者），另一半来自其他地方。七个主要的科学会议将是：太阳系、恒星、银河系及其邻居、星系、类星体、大规模结构和星系团、超新星宇宙学。会议将包括邀请评论、专题演讲和海报展示。会议的主要目标是回顾15年来斯隆数字巡天项目的成果，并向更广泛的社区展示这些成果。这笔资金将用于减少学生参与者的注册费和差旅费。