MPS-Ascend: Spearheading Inclusive Mentoring and Multimessenger Training with a Census of Potential Counterpart Galaxies

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。PI Aaron Stemo被授予NSF数学和物理科学提升博士后研究奖学金（NSF MPS-Ascend），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计划。Stemo博士在一位赞助科学家的指导下，获得了这项奖学金，以支持他的研究项目“MPS-Ascend：先锋包容性指导和多信使培训与潜在对位星系的普查”。该奖学金的主办机构是范德比尔特大学，赞助科学家是杰西·朗诺博士。大质量黑洞双星（MBHB）——质量在1000万太阳质量左右——的激发和合并将产生强大的引力波（GW），这将被即将发射的激光干涉仪空间天线（LISA）卫星探测到。LISA将能够在黑洞合并前一个月探测到来自MBHB的gw，并为在星系调查中识别电磁对应体提供参数。这些参数的不确定性称为误差量。PI将利用一组调查数据，对LISA GW探测到的潜在对应星系进行普查。这将解决三个关键的科学目标：1)创建一个框架，以识别调查数据中LISA MBHB GW探测的对应星系；2)确定深度、面积和波长覆盖范围如何影响分离LISA MBHB GW探测的EM对应星系的能力；3)确定第一个多信使探测到的MBHB的可能属性。EMIT（建立多信使天文学包容性培训）项目建立在菲斯克-范德比尔特桥梁项目的成功基础上，通过结合跨学科课程、可转移技能发展和未来劳动力所需的广泛技术专业培训，所有这些都建立在包容性实践的基础上。Stemo将作为MPS-Ascend博士后研究员加入EMIT，并将为研究生的招聘，指导和培训做出贡献。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，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). PI Aaron Stemo is awarded a NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF MPS-Ascend) to conduct a program of research and activities related to broaden participation by groups underrepresented in STEM. This fellowship to Dr. Stemo supports his research project entitled "MPS-Ascend: Spearheading Inclusive Mentoring and Multimessenger Training with a Census of Potential Counterpart Galaxies", under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is Vanderbilt University, and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Jessie Runnoe.The inspiral and merger of massive black hole binaries (MBHB) - those with masses around 10 million solar masses - will produce strong Gravitational Waves (GW) that will be detectable by the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) satellite. LISA will be able to detect GWs from MBHB up to a month before the black holes coalesce and provide parameters to identify electromagnetic counterparts in galaxy surveys. The uncertainty on these parameters is called an error volume. The PI will create a census of potential counterpart galaxies to LISA’s GW detections using an ensemble of survey data. This will address three key science goals: 1) create a framework to identify galaxy counterparts to LISA MBHB GW detections in survey data, 2) establish how depth, area, and wavelength coverage affects the ability to isolate EM counterparts to LISA MBHB GW detections, and 3) determine the likely properties of the first multimessenger detected MBHBs.The EMIT (Establishing Multimessenger Astronomy Inclusive Training ) program builds on the success of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program by incorporating a cross-discipline curriculum, transferable skill development, and a breadth of technical expertise training required for the future workforce, all built around a foundation of inclusive practices. Stemo will join EMIT as an MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow and will contribute to recruitment, mentoring and training of graduate studentsThis 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.