REU Site: The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium

REU 站点：凯克东北天文学联合会

• 批准号: 1950797
• 负责人: Seth Redfield
• 金额: $ 8.81万
• 依托单位: Wesleyan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950797&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Keck; Northeast; Astronomy

The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC), eight predominantly undergraduate institutions in the Northeast that each have a small but active astronomy program, will host an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy. Undergraduate students, drawn primarily from institutions in the Northeast with small or non-existent astronomy programs, will engage in a mentored research experience each summer with an astronomer at a KNAC institution. These students will join a rich and diverse cohort of students who remain at their own institution and students exchanged among consortium members. This supportive network of mentors gives students sense of belonging within the scientific community, and it greatly increases the likelihood that they will chose scientific or technical careers. KNAC is a regional consortium of undergraduate-focused institutions whose mission is to promote astronomical research for students at member institutions and at other small Northeast institutions where exposure to astronomical research is limited. Faculty at all member institutions will work closely with individual students for 10 weeks each summer. During the subsequent fall semester, students and faculty from all these institutions will participate in the joint Undergraduate Research Symposium, with their results published in the Proceedings volume. KNAC acts as a virtual astronomy department. Its regional focus makes it an attractive option for students who can stay close to home, participate in the Fall Symposium, and continue to cultivate the relationship with their mentor well after the summer program has ended.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.

凯克东北天文学联盟（KNAC），八个主要的本科院校在东北部，每个有一个小的，但活跃的天文学计划，将举办一个REU（本科生研究经验）天文学计划。本科生，主要来自东北部的机构与小或不存在的天文学项目，将从事指导研究经验，每年夏天与天文学家在KNAC机构。这些学生将加入一个丰富多样的学生群体，他们留在自己的机构，并在财团成员之间交换学生。这种导师的支持网络使学生在科学界有归属感，大大增加了他们选择科学或技术职业的可能性。KNAC是一个以本科生为重点的机构的区域联盟，其使命是促进成员机构和其他小型东北机构的学生的天文学研究，这些机构接触天文学研究有限。所有成员机构的教师将与每个学生密切合作，每年夏天为期10周。在随后的秋季学期，来自所有这些机构的学生和教师将参加联合本科生研究研讨会，其结果发表在诉讼卷。KNAC作为一个虚拟天文学系。它的区域重点使它成为学生的一个有吸引力的选择谁可以留在离家近，参加秋季研讨会，并继续培养与他们的导师的关系后，夏季计划已经结束。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

项目成果

TESS Delivers Five New Hot Giant Planets Orbiting Bright Stars from the Full-frame Images

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abe38a
• 发表时间: 2021-01
• 期刊: The Astronomical Journal
• 作者: Joseph E. Rodriguez;S. Quinn;G. Zhou;A. Vanderburg;L. Nielsen;R. Wittenmyer;R. Brahm;P. Reed

Optical Identification and Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnants in the Galaxy M51

Galaxy M51 中超新星遗迹的光学识别和光谱分析

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd77d
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: Winkler, P. Frank;Coffin, Sadie C.;Blair, William P.;Long, Knox S.;Kuntz, Kip D.
• 通讯作者: Kuntz, Kip D.

The Macroporosity of Rubble Pile Asteroid Ryugu and Implications for the Origin of Chondrules

碎石堆小行星 Ryugu 的大孔隙度及其对球粒起源的影响

• DOI: 10.3847/psj/abf7c0
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The Planetary Science Journal
• 作者: Herbst, William;Greenwood, James P.;Yap, Teng Ee
• 通讯作者: Yap, Teng Ee

Chandra spectral measurements of the O supergiant ζ Puppis indicate a surprising increase in the wind mass-loss rate over 18 yr

O 超巨星 ζ Puppis 的钱德拉光谱测量表明，18 年来风质量损失率出现了令人惊讶的增加

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3124
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Cohen, David H;Wang, Jiaming;Petit, Véronique;Leutenegger, Maurice A;Dakir, Lamiaa;Mayhue, Chloe;David-Uraz, Alexandre
• 通讯作者: David-Uraz, Alexandre

An Unusual Transmission Spectrum for the Sub-Saturn KELT-11b Suggestive of a Subsolar Water Abundance

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abc1e9
• 发表时间: 2020-05
• 期刊: The Astronomical Journal
• 作者: K. Colón;L. Kreidberg;L. Welbanks;M. Line;N. Madhusudhan;T. Beatty;P. Tamburo;K. Stevenson