Conference support: DAWN-IV - Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics meeting

会议支持：DAWN-IV - 引力波天文学和天体物理学黎明会议

• 批准号: 1845141
• 负责人: Bangalore Sathyaprakash
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1845141&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; support; DAWN; IV; Dawn

This award supports the attendance of US scientists to the fourth workshop in the DAWN series, DAWN IV - Global Strategies for Gravitational Wave Astronomy - which will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, during August 30-31, 2018. The meeting is hosted by NIKHEF, affiliated to the Virgo project, with an international committee in charge of the scientific organization of the workshop. The main goal of the meeting is to discuss the science and R&D requirements for the next generation of ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors and the different options for the governance of a global detector network. Dozens of US scientists are now involved in a study commissioned by the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) to assess the scientific merit of building detectors on the ground that are 10 to 30 times more sensitive than advanced detectors. DAWN IV is a critical meeting for people involved in this study.LIGO and Virgo discoveries of binary black hole and binary neutron star mergers in the past three years have already begun to make a huge impact in our understanding of fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Merging binary black holes are test beds of strong field gravity; they are the only way to understand dynamical horizons around black holes. In contrast, observation of coalescing neutron stars has confirmed that they are the progenitors of short, hard, gamma-ray bursts and sites where heavy elements are formed. Simultaneous observation of GW170817 across the entire electromagnetic band and the GW window has ushered in a new era in multi-messenger astrophysics and cosmology, enabling the first ever measurement of the Hubble constant. This workshop will accomplish three main objectives: (i) identify the broader community of physicists and astrophysicists to facilitate infusion of new ideas in GW experiments, (ii) discuss steps that are necessary to increase participation of minority groups and hence enhance the diversity within the GW science, and (iii) determine strategies for interfacing with funding agencies and governments, and public engagements. The workshop will assure leadership of NSF-funded US scientists in the emerging area of GW astronomy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项支持美国科学家参加黎明第四届黎明IV的第四次研讨会 - 重力波浪天文学的全球策略 - 将于2018年8月30日至31日在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举行。该会议由尼克夫（Nikhef）主办，与维尔戈（Virgo）项目合作，与一家国际委员会有关科学组织的委员会。会议的主要目标是讨论下一代地面重力波（GW）探测器的科学和研发要求，以及全球探测器网络治理的不同选择。现在，数十名美国科学家参与了由引力浪潮国际委员会（GWIC）委托的一项研究，以评估地面上建筑物检测器的科学优点，其敏感性比高级探测器高10至30倍。黎明四世（Dawn IV）是参与这项研究的人们的关键会议。在过去三年中，Ligo和处女座发现了二进制黑洞和二进制中子星星合并的发现，已经开始对我们对基本物理，天体物理学和宇宙学的理解产生巨大影响。合并二进制黑洞是强场重力的测试床；它们是理解黑洞周围动态视野的唯一方法。相比之下，观察中子星的观察证实，它们是短，硬，伽马射线爆发的祖细胞，也是形成重元素的地点。同时在整个电磁频带和GW窗口中对GW170817进行了观察，使多通信的天体物理学和宇宙学的新时代都迎来了新时代，从而使Hubble常数进行了首次测量。 This workshop will accomplish three main objectives: (i) identify the broader community of physicists and astrophysicists to facilitate infusion of new ideas in GW experiments, (ii) discuss steps that are necessary to increase participation of minority groups and hence enhance the diversity within the GW science, and (iii) determine strategies for interfacing with funding agencies and governments, and public engagements.该研讨会将确保NSF资助的GW天文学领域的美国科学家的领导。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估值得支持。