Dust Obscured Quasars: A Missing Link in the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies and Quasars

Eilat Glikman博士被授予NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，在耶鲁大学开展研究和教育计划。Glikman博士将研究尘埃遮蔽类星体在整个类星体中的作用。尘埃遮蔽类星体是类星体演化的一个新发现和完全未探索的阶段，可能代表了从新生活动星系核到没有分裂迹象的类星体的路径中缺失的一环，这些星系核被埋在合并的超亮红外星系（ULIRG）中。Glikman博士将（1）对尘埃遮蔽的类星体进行几次新的调查，增加现有调查的深度和面积，以确定它们在整个类星体种群中的比例，并研究它们作为光度和红移函数的变红特性，（2）使用积分-Glikman博士还将利用她在推广和指导方面的丰富经验，多方面的教育努力。她将开发和教授面向高级本科生的现代宇宙学课程。此外，她将利用耶鲁-纽黑文教师学院与当地中学科学教师配对，在学年期间和密集的夏季研讨会上进行天文学实践活动。Glikman博士还将在她的研究范围内设计一个独立的项目，并直接与本科理科学生合作，重点是为女科学家提供指导。这种促进女科学家之间激励性的同事关系的个性化方法强调了榜样和导师对提高妇女在天文学领域的信心和成功的重要性。

Dr. Eilat Glikman is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a program of research and education at Yale University. Dr. Glikman will study the role of dust-obscured quasars in relation to the overallquasar population. Dust-obscured quasars are a newly discovered and thoroughly unexplored stage of quasar evolution and may represent a missing link in the path from nascent active galactic nuclei seen buried in merging ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) to quasars that show no signs of disruption. Dr. Glikman will (1) conduct several new surveys for dust-obscured quasars increasing the depth and area beyond existing surveys to determine their fraction in the overall quasar population and study their reddening properties as functions of luminosity and redshift and (2) use integral-field spectroscopy to study their dynamics at subarcsecond resolutions.Dr. Glikman will also utilize her extensive experience with outreach and mentorship in a multi-pronged education effort. She will develop and teach a modern cosmology course geared towards advanced undergraduate students. In addition, she will take advantage of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute to pair with a local middle school science teacher to conduct hands-on astronomy activities during the school year and in intensive summer workshops. Dr. Glikman will also design a self-contained project from within the scope of the her research and work directly with undergraduate science students, with a focus on providing mentorship to women scientists. This individualized approach of fostering stimulating collegial relationships between women scientists emphasizes the importance of role models and mentors to improve the confidence and success of women in the field of astronomy.