Presidential Young Investigator Award: Research in Pulsars and Interstellar Medium

Kulkarni已经在研究方面做出了重大贡献， 星际介质和寻找行星。 他将 继续研究这些主题，但集中在光学 干涉测量法，使用无线电技术进行相位闭合。 总统青年研究员计划下的这一奖项是 这位天体物理学家已经在世界范围内 他在星际介质方面的工作，寻找行星， 天文仪器的设计 他是 第一颗自转周期只有几秒的脉冲星 毫秒，这一现象提供了新的理解， 关于恒星的老化 Kulkarni是一位专家， 干涉测量法，使用几个望远镜的方法， 一个天体的清晰的联合图像。 他预计将 扩展了一种特别有效的无线电干涉测量技术 光学和红外波长。 作为第一个目标，他 将从帕洛马山获取最清晰的图像 五米望远镜，尽管不断模糊的 地球的大气层。

Kulkarni has already made major contributions in research on the interstellar medium and in the search for pulsars. He will continue work on these topics but concentrate on optical interferometry, using radio techniques for phase closure. This award under the Presidential Young Investigator Program is made to an astrophysicist who already has a worldwide reputation for his work on the interstellar medium, search for pulsars, and design of astronomical instrumentation. He was co-discoverer of the first pulsar with a rotation period of only a few milliseconds, a phenomenon that provided new understanding concerning the aging of stars. Kulkarni is an expert on interferometry, the method of using several telescopes to provide a joint sharp image of an astronomical object. He expects to extend a particularly effective technique of radio interferometry to the optical and infrared wavelength. As a first objective, he will obtain the sharpest possible images from the Mount Palomar five-meter telescope despite the continual blurring of the Earth's atmosphere.