Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Radiation Reaction

黑洞、引力波和辐射反应

• 批准号: 1205906
• 负责人: Bernard Whiting
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1205906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Black; Holes; Gravitational; Waves; Radiation

In the past thirty years super-massive black holes (millions or billions of times the mass of our sun) have been observed in the centers of numerous galaxies. Many stars orbit these black holes and emit gravitational radiation which causes the star to spiral inward and eventually to be swallowed by the super-massive black hole. The characteristics of the gravitational radiation, from both the inspiral and the eventual in-fall of a star, will be theoretically determined. The analysis of data from future gravitational radiation observations will then provide tremendous insight and understanding of strong gravitational fields, the stars in the centers of galaxies and the super-massive black hole itself.Our place in the universe can only be studied via physics and astronomy. These fundamental sciences catch the attention of the best and the brightest of students. As they see for themselves how mathematics coupled with careful experiments or observations drives the progress in fascinating areas of science, such as black holes and gravitational radiation, these best and brightest will become the next generation of leaders in science and industry.

在过去的30年里，人们在许多星系的中心观测到了超大质量黑洞（质量是太阳的数百万或数十亿倍）。许多恒星围绕这些黑洞运行，并发出引力辐射，导致星星螺旋向内，最终被超大质量黑洞吞噬。来自星星的内旋和最终下落的引力辐射的特征将在理论上确定。对未来引力辐射观测数据的分析将提供对强引力场、星系中心恒星和超大质量黑洞本身的巨大洞察和理解。我们在宇宙中的位置只能通过物理学和天文学来研究。这些基础科学吸引了最优秀和最聪明的学生的注意力。当他们亲眼看到数学如何与仔细的实验或观察相结合，推动了黑洞和引力辐射等迷人的科学领域的进步时，这些最优秀和最聪明的人将成为科学和工业的下一代领导者。