Collaborative Project: Large-Scale Motions in the Universe and the Intrinsic Properties of Early-Type Galaxies

该奖项支持的研究是一项合作努力， 亚利桑那州立大学、达特茅斯学院和亚利桑那大学 北卡罗来纳州。 来自这些机构的三位天文学家 参与这个项目的人都是发现的领导者， 均匀膨胀大尺度偏差的研究 附近星系的运动 在这次调查中， 研究500个椭圆星系的内在性质， 确定它们相对于一般的特有速度 膨胀，可以与可见物质的分布有关， 所研究的地区。

The research supported by this award is a collaborative effort at Arizona State University, Dartmouth College, and the University of North Carolina. The three astronomers from these institutions involved in this project have been leaders in the discovery and investigation of large scale deviations from uniform expansion in the motion of nearby galaxies. In this investigation they will study the intrinsic properties of 500 elliptical galaxies to determine if their peculiar velocities, with respect to the general expansion, can be related to the distribution of visible matter in the regions under study.