Cosmology, Theoretical Astrophysics, and Computational Theoretical Physics

该奖项将支持哈佛大学博士后William H. Press教授在宇宙学、理论天体物理学和计算理论物理学领域的研究，并部分支持一名研究生。该小组继续进行的研究包括：三维计算机模拟已经提出的导致观察到的大尺度结构的基本场；未来实验和观测测试的理论发展，可能会发现或排除重力中额外的标量场；宇宙扰动是否存在“自然”初始条件的问题；信号处理的某些方面，如引力波和暗物质实验；计算算法开发；以及其他一些相关的问题。

This award will support the research of Professor William H. Press, one postdoctoral fellow, and partial support for a graduate student, in the areas of cosmology, theoretical astrophysics, and computational theoretical physics, at Harvard University. Continuing investigations by this group include: three-dimensional computer simulations of fundamental fields that have been proposed as causing observed large scale structure; the theoretical development of future experimental and observational tests that might find, or rule out, additional scalar fields in gravity; the question of whether there are "natural" initial conditions for cosmological perturbations; some aspects of signal processing, e.g., for gravitational wave and dark matter experiments; computational algorithm development; and some other related problems.