Collaborative Research: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Extragalactic Radio Astronomy

本科生紫花苜蓿团队(UAT)在银河系外射电天文学方面的本科生研究经验是一个由21个不同的美国机构组成的财团的教职员工和本科生研究的多方面合作项目。通过这项计划，教师和本科生合作从事与在无线电波长探测到的宇宙原子气体含量有关的前沿天文学研究项目。UAT计划的主要组成部分是一年一度的UAT研讨会和一个延长的夏季研究计划。在这些项目中，他们通过讲座、观察会议和小组工作向本科生研究人员交流项目科学、观测和数据分析技术。UAT的下一个三年阶段将利用21个机构强大的基础设施和教员技能，进行射电谱线观测，以追踪当地宇宙的原子气体含量。UAT利用与广域光学测量的新合作以及在紫花苜蓿(阿雷西博遗产快速阿尔法)测量和后续工作中积累的无线电经验，使教职员工和学生能够成为尖端科学和更广泛的天文学社区的贡献者。参与UAT的教职员工共同致力于让本科生参与研究。教师和学生在广泛的公立和私立大学，主要是本科院校进行合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Undergraduate Research Experiences in Extragalactic Radio Astronomy by the Undergraduate ALFALFA Team (UAT) is a collaborative, multi-faceted program of faculty and undergraduate research at a consortium of 21 diverse U.S. institutions. Through this program, faculty and undergraduates collaborate to pursue frontier astronomy research projects related to the atomic gas content of the universe as detected at radio wavelengths. The primary UAT program components are an annual UAT Workshop and an extended summer research program. In these programs they communicate project science, observing, and data analysis techniques to undergraduate researchers via lectures, observing sessions, and group work. The next three-year phase of the UAT will capitalize on the robust infrastructure and faculty skill set across the 21 institutions to perform radio spectral line observations to trace the atomic gas content of the local universe. Utilizing new collaborations with wide field optical surveys and accumulated radio experience with the ALFALFA (Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA) survey and follow-up, the UAT empowers faculty and students to be contributors to cutting-edge science and the broader astronomical community. The participating UAT faculty have a shared dedication to involving undergraduate students in research. Faculty and students collaborate across a wide range of public and private colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions.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.