Collaborative Research: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Extragalactic Radio Astronomy

本科生的银河系外射电天文学研究经验由本科生ALCARFA团队（UAT）是一个合作，多方面的教师和本科生研究计划，在21个不同的美国机构的联盟。通过这个计划，教师和本科生合作，追求前沿天文学研究项目有关的宇宙中的原子气体含量在无线电波长检测。UAT计划的主要组成部分是年度UAT研讨会和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研究人员传达项目科学，观察和数据分析技术。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师技能，进行无线电谱线观测，以追踪当地宇宙的原子气体含量。利用与宽场光学调查和积累的无线电经验与ALCAFA（阿雷西博遗产快速ALFA）调查和后续的新合作，UAT使教师和学生成为尖端科学和更广泛的天文学界的贡献者。参与UAT教师有一个共同的奉献精神，让本科生参与研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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.