CAREER: Cosmic Recycling: Quasars, Galaxies, and Their Intergalactic Environs

职业：宇宙回收：类星体、星系及其星系间环境

• 批准号: 0952923
• 负责人: Jennifer Scott
• 金额: $ 63.71万
• 依托单位: Towson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0952923&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Cosmic; Recycling; Quasars; Galaxies

To answer three open questions in the field of extra-galactic astronomy Dr. Scott will lead and carry out a study of three related, but distinct, topics in this CAREER proposal. While the study of each of the topics in itself is interesting, there is extra motivation for this work in the way that the research topics overlap. Starting with an analysis and improved measurement of the extragalactic ultraviolet radiation field at high redshift, and ending with a look into the large scale environs of distant quasars, the PI and her research team are poised to answer broad questions about processes at work in the early Universe. Both ground-based and space-based telescopes will be used in this research program.The broader impacts of the proposal are centered on the development of research opportunities for the undergraduate science students at Towson University. Additional educational and outreach activities will take advantage of both an on-campus planetarium where Dr. Scott will lecture to students and the public and at an existing ProjectASTRO site in nearby Baltimore. As part of her CAREER award Dr. Scott will maintain and expand this ProjectASTRO site.

为了回答银河系外天文学领域的三个开放性问题，斯科特博士将领导并开展对本职业计划中三个相关但不同的主题的研究。虽然每个主题的研究本身是有趣的，但研究主题重叠的方式对这项工作有额外的动机。从高红移的河外紫外辐射场的分析和改进测量开始，并以遥远类星体的大规模环境为结束，PI和她的研究团队准备回答有关早期宇宙工作过程的广泛问题。该研究计划将使用地面和空间望远镜。该提案的更广泛影响集中在为陶森大学的本科理科学生提供研究机会。额外的教育和推广活动将利用校园内的天文馆，斯科特博士将在那里向学生和公众讲课，并在附近的巴尔的摩现有的项目ASTRO网站。作为她的职业生涯奖的一部分，斯科特博士将维护和扩大这个ProjectASTRO网站。