HexPak: Building Survey Engines for the WIYN 3.5m Telescope to Explore Galaxy Disks

该奖项将资助威斯康星-印第安纳-耶鲁-NOAO（WIYN）3.5米望远镜的两个积分场单元的建设。 这些积分场单元将允许在望远镜上使用现有的摄谱仪进行广泛的科学计划。这些包括光谱空间测量适合于了解电离气体线宽的起源及其与附近星系的光度，动力学质量和不对称性以及附近星系核心的动力学和恒星种群的相关性。除了这些具体的科学计划外，这些仪器将提供给整个天文学界，该项目还将允许学生培训光谱仪器的开发和使用。

This award will fund the building of two Integral Field Units for the Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) 3.5 meter telescope. These Integral Field Units will permit a wide range of science programs to be carried out with the existing spectrograph at the telescope. These include spectral-spatial measurements suitable for understanding the origin of ionized gas line-widths and their correlation with luminosity, dynamical mass, and asymmetry in nearby galaxies and the dynamics and stellar populations in nearby galaxy cores. In addition to these specific science programs, the instruments will be available to the entire astronomical community and the project will also allow for student training for development and use of spectroscopic instruments.