CAREER: The Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets

职业生涯：太阳系外行星的探测和表征。位于圣克鲁斯的加州大学的格雷戈里·劳克林将开展一项理论和观测计划，以更好地了解其他恒星周围行星的性质。 他将开发挖掘现有数据库的技术，以识别化学成分丰富的附近恒星，这些恒星可能拥有这些所谓的“太阳系外行星”。 之后，将进行光谱观测，以确认恒星的化学丰度。 对恒星的短期和长期径向速度监测将允许探测行星。 最后，行星属性的精细建模将随之而来。作为他的职业生涯相关工作的一部分，Laughlin博士将通过分布式计算机网络的探索驱动界面将他的研究与公共教育结合起来。 这将使公众不仅可以处理数据，还可以通过将其与实际数据进行比较来研究假设行星系统的特性。 这项研究也将涉及本科生和研究生。

CAREER: THE DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ABSTRACTAST 0449986 Gregory LaughlinDr. Gregory Laughlin, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will undertake a theoretical and observational program to better understand the properties of planets around other stars. He will develop techniques to mine existing databases, in order to identify chemically abundant, nearby stars that are likely to harbor these so-called "extrasolar planets". Following that, spectroscopic observations will be undertaken to confirm the chemical abundances of the stars. Short-term and long-term radial velocity monitoring of the stars will then allow for the detection of planets. Finally, refined modeling of the properties of the planets will follow.As part of his CAREER related efforts, Dr. Laughlin will integrate his research with public education by means of an exploration driven interface for a distributed computer network. This will allow the public to not only process data, but also to investigate the properties of hypothetical planetary systems by comparing them to actual data. The research will also involve undergraduate and graduate students.