Observational Studies of High Redshift Quasars

该奖项资助了对高红移类星体的搜索和研究。首席研究员施密特博士是此类研究的世界领导者之一。他的目的是研究在红移大于3时类星体密度的明显下降，这是他在以前的研究中发现的。这可能表明，我们在这里观察的是类星体诞生的初始阶段，也可能是星系诞生的初始阶段。

This award funds a search for, and study of, quasars at very high redshifts. Dr. Schmidt, the Principal Investigator, is one of the world leaders in such studies. He aims in this work to investigate the apparent decrease in the density of quasars at redshifts greater than three, an effect which he discovered in previous investigations. This may indicate that we are here observing the initial period of birth of the quasars, and probably that of galaxies as well.