Presidential Young Investigator Award - New Searches for Primeval Galaxies

宇宙的诞生和发展将通过观测遥远过去的天体发出的光来研究。这些天体发出的光产生于150亿年前。这些光将揭示这些物体的特性，比如星系，它们在宇宙年轻时就存在了。最大的望远镜将使用被称为电荷耦合器件（ccd）的敏感电子探测器进行观测。使用特别开发的软件的速度极快的计算机将用于分析和解释数据。这些数据将被用来试图确定星系是如何形成和演化的，并研究“大爆炸”后宇宙的结构。哈勃太空望远镜的数据将在发射后获得。

The birth and development of the universe will be studied by observing light from astronomical objects in the distant past. The light from these objects was generated up to 15 billion years ago. The light will reveal the properties of these objects, such as galaxies, that existed when the universe was younger. The largest telescopes, using sensitive electronic detectors known as charge-coupled devices (CCDs), will be used to make the observations. Extremely fast computers, using specially developed software, will be used to analyze and interpret the data. The data will be used to try to determine how galaxies form and evolve and to examine the structure of the universe moments after the "Big Bang". Data from the Hubble Space Telescope will be acquired after its launch.