Conference: New Technologies for Probing the Diversity of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets; Shanghai, China; July 20-24, 2009

会议：探测棕矮星和系外行星多样性的新技术；

• 批准号: 0937427
• 负责人: Jian Ge
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0937427&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; New; Technologies; Probing; Diversity

Conference support for the meeting "New Technologies for Probing the Diversity of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets" to be held in Shanghai, China July 20-24, 2009.One of the most exciting fields of astronomical research in recent years has involved the discovery and study of "exoplanets" orbiting stars other than our sun. A wealth of information has been gathered on these objects which range in size from planets to larger objects called "brown dwarfs" - stars that are not quite big enough to shine as more massive stars do. An international conference to share information about these objects will be held in Shanghai, China from July 20 - 24, 2009. The conference theme is "New Technologies for Probing the Diversity of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets." Dr. Ge is well known for his research in the field and for the instruments he builds to discover and study these objects. He and three other American scientists are among the conference organizers. The NSF will provide funding so that travel grants can be offered to graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and invited speakers from U.S. institutions to enable them to attend the meeting.

会议支持将于2009年7月20日至24日在上海举行的“探测棕矮星和系外行星多样性的新技术”会议。近年来最令人兴奋的天文研究领域之一是发现和研究绕太阳以外的恒星运行的“系外行星”。人们已经收集了大量关于这些天体的信息，这些天体的大小从行星到更大的被称为“褐矮星”的天体--这些恒星不够大，不像更大质量的恒星那样发光。关于这些物体的信息共享的国际会议将于2009年7月20日至24日在上海举行，中国。这次会议的主题是“探索棕矮星和系外行星多样性的新技术”。葛博士以他在这一领域的研究以及他为发现和研究这些天体而建造的仪器而闻名。他和其他三名美国科学家是会议的组织者之一。NSF将提供资金，以便向研究生、博士后助理和来自美国机构的特邀演讲者提供旅行补助，使他们能够参加会议。