An Undergraduate Research Program in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics

这笔拨款将支持1997年在加州理工学院建立的激光干涉引力波天文台（LIGO）项目下的REU站点的延续。REU网站的活动将集中在加州理工学院为期十周的夏季研究项目上，涉及来自美国各地的十名本科生。研究项目将主要涉及LIGO初始和高级探测器的物理和工程，数据分析技术和软件，以及天体物理引力波源的理论研究。LIGO的个别科学家和工程师将担任学生导师，而整个项目的环境和管理将由PI负责。积极的招生工作将针对一些目标机构，以吸引不同群体的有才华和上进的学生。

This grant will support the continuation of an REU Site which was established at Caltech in 1997 under the aegis of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project. The REU Site activities will focus on a ten- week summer research program at Caltech, involving ten undergraduate students from around the U.S. Research projects will involve mainly the physics and engineering of the LIGO initial and advanced detectors, data analysis techniques and software, and theoretical studies of astrophysical gravitational-wave sources. Individual LIGO scientists and engineers will serve as student mentors, while the overall program environment and administration will be the responsibility of the PI. Active recruiting efforts will be aimed at a number of target institutions in order to attract a diverse group of talented and motivated students.