An REU Site for Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

提案ID：AST-0243915机构：史密森天体物理天文台PI：琼斯、克莉丝汀史密森天体物理天文台（SAO）将继续在位于马萨诸塞州剑桥的哈佛-史密森天体物理中心开展本科生研究经验（REU）暑期实习生项目。每年将招收10名学生，重点是妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和来自天文学研究机会有限的大学的学生。将在以下领域提供广泛的研究课题：行星科学、超新星及其遗迹、星星形成、天文学和原子分子物理学理论研究、星系、星系团、大尺度结构、活动星系核、实验室天体物理学和探测器开发。 根据他们的研究，每个学生将写一篇内部论文，并在实习研讨会上发表演讲。其他活动将包括通过一系列的六个科学座谈会和宇宙学的短期讲座课程介绍当前的天体物理学，参观附近的天文台，社会活动，以及前往美国天文学会（AAS）的冬季会议，介绍他们的工作。在为期10周的项目中，实习生将住在哈佛研究生院的宿舍里。SAO将首次增加教师研究经验（RET）计划。每年夏天，来自波士顿高中或中学的两名科学教师将花两个月的时间参与研究，并利用这一经验为他们的教室开发一个新的课程单元。 每位教师将在接下来的夏季返回一个月更新课程单元，并准备课程单元的网络版本，以及在必要时完成他们的研究项目。教师将与本科生一起参加所有REU活动，并将在AAS会议上展示他们的研究。 ***

Proposal ID: AST-0243915Institution: Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryPI: Jones, Christine The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) will continue its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Intern Program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ten students will be recruited each year with an emphasis on women, underrepresented minorities, and students from colleges where research opportunities in astronomy are limited. A wide range of research topics will be offered in the following areas: planetary science, supernovae and their remnants, star formation, theoretical studies in astronomy and in atomic and molecular physics, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, large scale structure, active galactic nuclei, laboratory astrophysics, and detector development. Based on their research, each student will write an internal paper and give a presentation at an Intern Symposium. Other activities will include an introduction to current astrophysics through a series of six scientific colloquia and a short lecture course in Cosmology, visits to nearby observatories, social events, and a trip to the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to present their work. During the ten-week program, interns will live in a Harvard graduate school dormitory. For the first time, the SAO will add a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program. Each summer, two science teachers from Boston high schools or middle schools will spend two months participating in research and use this experience to develop a new curriculum unit for their classrooms. Each teacher will return for one month during the following summer to update the curriculum unit and prepare a web-based version of the curriculum unit, as well as complete, if necessary, their research projects. The teachers will participate in all REU activities with the undergraduates, and will also present their research at an AAS meeting. ***