Towards Resolving the Small Scale Problems with Cold Dark Matter: An Observational and Theoretical Collaborative Effort

Rachel Kuzio deNaray博士被授予NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，在加州大学欧文分校开展研究和教育计划，以确定暗物质在小尺度上的行为。Kuzio deNaray博士将（1）推动观测样本包括暗物质主导的低质量矮星系，（2）创建日益复杂的星系晕模拟以与观测进行比较，（3）探索替代暗物质候选者，以及（4）将她在星系运动学方面的专业知识带到卡基-欧文附近星系巡天合作项目中。库齐奥·德纳雷博士还将开发一种新的观测方法-这是加州数学和科学暑期学校（COSMOS）天文学和天体物理学集群的一个基于小组的项目，这是一个针对高中三年级和四年级学生的为期一个月的住宿暑期项目。利用Kuzio deNaray博士在基特峰国家天文台观测运行的星系旋转曲线数据，学生们将探索暗物质存在的观测证据。

Dr. Rachel Kuzio deNaray is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a program of research and education at the University of California-Irvine to determine the behavior of dark matter on small scales. Dr. Kuzio deNaray will (1) push the observational sample to include dark-matter-dominated, low-mass dwarf galaxies, (2) create galaxy-halo simulations of increasing complexity to compare to observations, (3) explore alternative dark-matter candidates, and (4) bring her expertise of galaxy kinematics to the Carnegie-Irvine Nearby Galaxies Survey collaboration.Dr. Kuzio deNaray will also develop a new observation-based group project for the Astronomy and Astrophysics cluster of the California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS), a month-long residential summer program for high-school juniors and seniors. Using galaxy rotation-curve data from Dr. Kuzio deNaray's observing runs at Kitt Peak National Observatory, the students will explore the observational evidence of the existence of dark matter.