A Partnership for Minority Education and Research on Black Hole and Neutron Star Binaries

黑洞和中子星双星少数教育和研究合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0958783
• 负责人: Jorge Lopez
• 金额: $ 57万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0958783&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnership; Minority; Education; Research; Black

This PAARE grant will strengthen an existing partnership between researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas at Austin. The research areas of the proposed work are related to interacting binary stars, in particular the study of accreting black holes and neutron stars in X-ray binary systems. Observations will be conducted primarily at the McDonald Observatory which is operated by UT-Austin; however, this research will be supplemented by work done at the UTEP campus observatory. The proposed research has broad scientific impact since the formation and growth of massive black holes is related to the formation of galaxies, quasars, and gamma-ray bursts in ways that are not yet understood. The partnership will strive to attract and include Hispanic astronomers and educations to the program through access to the front-line research capabilities of McDonald and the well-known reputation of UT-Austin as a center for astronomy research. The main goal of this partnership is the development of a sustainable astronomy and astrophysics program at UTEP that emphasizes both astrophysical research and a culture of education and outreach within the program. The team will reach out to the local Hispanic community by providing direct observational experience to students at UTEP and McDonald, by providing promising students a path to a career in astronomy through UTEP to UT-Austin or other schools, and by establishing the UTEP astronomy program that will continue on after this PAARE grant is finished. An additional ~500 students per year will gain astronomy experience by performing night-time observing at the UTEP facility.

这项PAARE赠款将加强得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校和得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校研究人员之间现有的伙伴关系。拟议工作的研究领域涉及相互作用的双星，特别是X射线双星系统中吸积黑洞和中子星的研究。观测将主要在由UT-Austin运营的McDonald天文台进行;然而，这项研究将由UTEP校园天文台所做的工作进行补充。拟议的研究具有广泛的科学影响，因为大质量黑洞的形成和增长与星系，类星体和伽马射线爆发的形成有关，其方式尚不清楚。该合作伙伴关系将努力吸引和包括西班牙裔天文学家和教育的计划，通过访问麦当劳的前线研究能力和UT-奥斯汀作为天文学研究中心的知名声誉。这种伙伴关系的主要目标是在UTEP发展一个可持续的天文学和天体物理学计划，强调天体物理学研究以及计划内的教育和宣传文化。该团队将通过向UTEP和麦当劳的学生提供直接的观察经验来接触当地的西班牙裔社区，通过UTEP向UT奥斯汀或其他学校提供有前途的学生通往天文学职业生涯的道路，并建立UTEP天文学计划，该计划将在PAARE赠款完成后继续进行。每年还有约500名学生将通过在UTEP设施进行夜间观测来获得天文学经验。