An Inexpensive Instrument for Undergraduate Students to Use to Measure the Global Oscillations of the Sun

天文学和物理学院系的合作将使芝加哥大学的定日镜配备足够能力的仪器成为可能，这台太阳望远镜可以用于高级天体物理学和物理学本科生感兴趣的和具有挑战性的项目，而且成本不高。基本的想法是把重点放在仪器上，这(a)最大限度地利用已经在手中的设备；(b)尽量扩大大学其他教学望远镜之间的仪器共享；(c)涉及到一个科学项目，它不是微不足道的，而是代表了人们可以用手头的仪器做的最好的科学：测量太阳的p模（声波）振荡。该仪器具有足够的能力，本科生使用太阳望远镜将能够进行振荡测量，这些测量达到可发表研究的水平，尽管是在芝加哥的城市范围内获得的。芝加哥大学将为该项目提供部分支持。

A collaborative effort within the Departments of Astronomy and Physics will make it possible to equip a heliostat located at the University of Chicago with instrumentation of sufficient capability that this solar telescope can be used for projects of interest and challenge to advanced astrophysics and physics undergraduates, and to do so at modest cost. The basic idea is to focus on instrumentation which (a) maximizes the leverage for equipment which is already in hand; (b) maximizes instrument sharing between other teaching telescopes at the University; and (c) involves a scientific project which is not trivial, but rather is representative of the very best kind of science one can do with the instruments at hand: the measurement of the global p-mode (sound wave) oscillations of the Sun. The instrumentation is of sufficient capability that undergraduate students using the solar telescope will be able to make oscillation measurements which are at the level of publishable research, albeit obtained within the city limits of Chicago. The University of Chicago will provide partial support for the project.