UC Berkeley - Ewha Womans University Research Collaboration

梨花女子大学的韩国合作者在制造具有非常大角度行程的不寻常类型的MEMS(微电子机械)镜阵列方面拥有专业知识。我们在天体物理仪器和调查方面拥有专业知识。为了将MEMS微镜设备应用于天体物理，我们需要与我们在韩国的合作者合作，证明这些设备可以在尺寸上进行放大，并进行改进，以改进与天体物理观测相关的特定性能目标，包括PSF扩展。因此，我们建议与我们的韩国合作者合作，将我们的项目推进到正式文书提案阶段。智力价值拟议中的活动将使新的天体物理仪器成为可能。其中一个应用程序将允许对天体物理瞬变进行有针对性的观测，速度至少比以往快三个数量级，为研究开辟了一个全新的参数空间。一个明显的应用是研究伽马射线暴的光学发射，这将大大推进对快速峰化光学发射的观测。第二个应用将带来一种激进的新技术，用于多目标和积分场光谱学，为以前的光纤系统提供替代方案。更广泛的影响UCB/SSL和Ewha将共同努力在Ehua建立新的实验天体物理知识，特别是在他们的博士后研究人员和学生中，同时我们的UCB博士后研究人员和学生将接受关于MEMS镜面设备和仪器的培训和实践经验。我们的团队与我们地区不同大学和学院的优秀工程专业学生开展了合作教育项目。这些学生将参加我们的活动，包括我们仪器的开发和操作，以扩大这些学生群体对天体物理、空间研究和国际合作的参与。这一学生群体主要由在天体物理学、太空研究和国际合作中代表性和服务不足的群体组成，其中包括很大一部分拉美裔学生。

Korean Collaborators at the Ewha Womans University have expertise in fabricating an unusual type of MEMS (microelectro-mechanical) mirror array with a very large angular travel. We have expertise in astrophysical instrumentation and investigations. In order to apply the MEMS micromirror devices to astrophysics, we need to work with our collaborators in Korea to demonstrate that the devices can be scaled up in size, and refined to improve specific performance goals relevant to astrophysics observations, including the PSF spread. We therefore propose to work with our Korean collaborators to move our projects forward to the formal instrument proposal stage. Intellectual MeritsThe proposed activity will make new astrophysics instrumentation possible. One application will allow pointed observations of astrophysical transients at least three orders of magnitude faster than ever before, opening up a completely new parameter space for inquiry. An obvious application is the study of optical emission from gamma-ray bursts, where observations of fast-peaking optical emission would be greatly advanced. A second application would bring a radical new technology to bear on multi-object and integral field spectroscopy, offering an alternative to previous fiber optic systems. Broader ImpactsUCB/SSL and Ewha will work together to build up new experimental astrophysics knowledge at Ewha, particularly among their post-doctoral researchers and students, while our UCB post-doctoral researchers and students will receive training and hands-on experience with MEMS mirror devices and instrumentation. Our group has collaborative education programs with exceptional engineering students at various universities and colleges in our area. These students will participate in our activities, including the development and operation of our instruments, in order to broaden participation of this student population in astrophysics, space research, and international collaborations. This student population is largely made up of groups that are underrepresented and underserved in astrophysics, space research, and international collaborations, including a large fraction of Hispanic students.