REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Computational Astrophysics

这一奖项将支持北卡罗来纳州立大学计算天体物理学本科生研究(URCA)的一个新的REU网站。该计划每年支持8名学生进行为期10周的暑期研究，计算项目包括数值模拟、数据分析和建模。科学应用将包括超新星和超新星遗迹、相互作用的双星和吸积致密天体、伽马射线爆发、吸积盘、恒星风和喷流、r过程核合成和中微子天体物理。这些原创的、独立的研究项目将得到对科学研究的全面介绍的补充，其中包括为相关天体物理主题建立坚实背景的课堂讲座、计算物理的动手培训练习，以及科学沟通方面的结构化培训。通过这种广泛的培训和与教师导师的密切互动，学生们将在计算天体物理学前沿的研究经验中做出真正和持久的贡献。该计划的目标学生是已经完成大学物理和微积分一年级课程的学生，但他们可能还没有选择科学作为职业道路，该计划旨在增加进入计算科学职业生涯的学生的数量和多样性。

This award will support a new REU site for Undergraduate Research in Computational Astrophysics (URCA) at North Carolina State University. This program will support eight students for ten weeks of summer research per year, with computational projects involving numerical simulations, data analysis and modeling. The science applications will include supernovae and supernova remnants, interacting binary stars and accreting compact objects, gamma-ray bursters, accretion disks, stellar winds and jets, r-process nucleosynthesis, and neutrino astrophysics. These original, independent research projects will be complemented by a comprehensive introduction to scientific research that includes classroom lectures to build a solid background in the relevant astrophysics topics, hands-on training exercises in computational physics, and a structured training in scientific communication. Through this extensive training and close interaction with faculty mentors, the students will make real and lasting contributions in a research experience at the forefront of computational astrophysics. By targeting students who have completed a first year of university-level physics and calculus, but who might not yet have chosen science as a career path, this program seeks to increase the number and diversity of students entering careers in computational science.