CAREER: Building a Unified Framework for Galactic Star Formation Rates, Citizen Science, and Minority Students in Astronomy

该项目计划建立一个新的校准和高度详细的地图，在我们的银河系，即银河系中的当今星星形成率。这些地图是了解恒星如何在我们自己的银河系以及宇宙中其他尚未解决的外部星系中形成所必需的。 PI将使用全球公民科学网络称为银河系项目（MWP），以绘制银河系中部分电离原子氢气的低密度云的空间分布和亮度，称为H II区域，以编制迄今为止最大的银河系H II区域目录。他还将在加州理工大学波莫纳分校和加州州立大学校区以及针对本科生的社区学院建立一个天文学研究合作网络。一个由学生主导的公共宣传计划BUILD：将宇宙带入洛杉矶地区，将教育代表性不足的学生的家人和朋友关于天文学作为一门科学和一个可行的职业选择。该项目将使用NSF资助的加州-亚利桑那州少数民族天文学研究和教育合作伙伴关系（CAMPARE）和加州博士学位桥梁（Cal-Bridge）计划，以加强加州理工大学波莫纳分校的STEM研究，该校拥有大量西班牙裔学生。PI和他的团队计划使用银河系H II区域的辐射热测量和电离连续发光度来完成这项工作，这些亮度是根据对大质量星星形成区域中年轻恒星的直接X射线和红外（IR）观测测量的恒星形成率进行校准的。他们还将使用补充的红外和无线电测量数据以及距离信息来测量光度，从而扩展和完善银河系HII区域目录。

This project plans to build a new calibration and highly detailed map of the present-day star formation rate in our Galaxy, the Milky Way. These maps are needed to understand how stars form in our own Galaxy and also in other unresolved, external galaxies in the universe. The PI will use the global Citizen Science network known as the Milky Way Project (MWP) to map the spatial distribution and brightness of low-density clouds of partially ionized atomic hydrogen gas in the Galaxy, known as H II regions, in order to compile the largest catalog of Galactic H II regions to date. He will also build a network of astronomy research collaboration among at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State University campuses, and community colleges that target undergraduate students. A student-led public outreach program BUILD: Bring the Universe Into LA Districts, will educate families and friends of under-represented students about astronomy as a science and as a viable career option. This project will use the NSF-funded California-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education (CAMPARE) and California Bridge to the PhD (Cal-Bridge) programs, to strengthen STEM research at Cal Poly Pomona, which has a large Hispanic student population. The PI and his team plan to do this work using bolometric and ionizing continuum luminosities of Galactic H II regions, calibrated against star-forming rates measured from direct X-ray and infrared (IR) observations of young population of stars in massive star forming regions. They will also expand and refine the Galactic HII regions catalog using supplementary infrared and radio survey data and distance information to measure luminosities.