MPS-Ascend: Superfluid Dark Matter: Unveiling the Dark Sector of the Cosmos

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。Humberto Gilmer被授予NSF数学和物理科学提升博士后研究奖学金，以开展与扩大STEM中代表性不足的群体参与相关的研究和活动项目。Gilmer博士的研究项目名为“MPS-Ascend：超流体暗物质：揭示宇宙的黑暗部分”，在一位赞助科学家的指导下，该奖学金支持他的研究项目。该奖学金的主办机构是布朗大学，赞助科学家是斯蒂芬·亚历山大博士。Gilmer将探索一个自相互作用暗物质的模型，该模型将提供暗物质如何在星系长度尺度上调解引力相互作用的理解，解决宇宙学标准模型中存在的差异。吉尔默还将通过在布朗大学创建一个STEM艺术项目，努力增加RI州普罗维登斯地区历史上被排斥的少数民族学生的参与。该项目将为参与者提供STEM领域的知识机会和科学认同感。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Humberto Gilmer is awarded an NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to conduct a program of research and activities related to broadening participation by groups underrepresented in STEM. This fellowship to Dr. Gilmer supports his research project entitled " MPS-Ascend: Superfluid Dark Matter: Unveiling the Dark Sector of the Cosmos", under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is Brown University and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Stephon Alexander. Gilmer will explore a study a model of self-interacting dark matter which will provide an understanding of how dark matter mediates the gravitational interaction on galactic length scales, resolving the discrepancies present in the Standard Model of cosmology. Gilmer will also work to increase the participation of historically excluded minority students in the Providence, RI area through the creation of an Arts in STEM program at Brown University. This program will provide participants with knowledge of opportunities in STEM and a sense of science identity.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.