RAVE: Galactic Evolution from the Radial Velocity Experiment

AST-0508996 DR.约翰霍普金斯大学的Rosemary Wyse将利用这笔小额探索研究补助金(SGER)来开展通过RAVE(径向速度实验)实现的研究，这是一个国际项目，最终目标是在2011年前测量大约100万颗恒星的径向速度和化学丰度。RAVE依靠及时获得位于澳大利亚的120万英镑的英国施密特望远镜。这些数据将使我们能够重建银河系的部分进化史。拟议的研究构成了博士论文的基础，本研究中获得的数据集将通过符合“虚拟天文台”的档案向更广泛的天文学社区和公众开放。此外，PI将根据她与当地高中生合作的经验，为高中生开发项目。

AST-0508996Dr. Rosemary Wyse, at Johns Hopkins University, will use this Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) award to undertake research made possible through RAVE (the RAdial Velocity Experiment), an international project with the ultimate goal of measuring the radial velocities and chemical abundances for a sample of roughly a one million stars by 2011. RAVE relies upon timely access to the 1.2m UK Schmidt telescope in Australia. The data will allow for the reconstruction of a part of the evolutionary history of the Milky Way. The proposed research forms the basis of a PhD thesis, and the dataset obtained in this study will be accessible to the broader astronomical community, and the public, through a "Virtual Observatory" compliant archive. Additionally, the PI will develop projects for High School students based on the archive, building on her experience working with a local High School student.