CAREER: Cosmic Recycling: Quasars, Galaxies, and Their Intergalactic Environs

为了回答银河系外天文学领域的三个悬而未决的问题，斯科特博士将领导并开展一项关于三个相关但不同的主题的研究。虽然每个主题的研究本身都很有趣，但研究主题重叠的方式对这项工作有额外的动机。从高红移的河外紫外线辐射场的分析和改进测量开始，以观察遥远类星体的大尺度环境结束，PI和她的研究团队准备回答有关早期宇宙工作过程的广泛问题。地面和太空望远镜都将用于这项研究计划。该提案的广泛影响集中在为陶森大学理科本科生提供研究机会的发展上。额外的教育和推广活动将利用校园天文馆，斯科特博士将在那里向学生和公众演讲，以及在巴尔的摩附近现有的ProjectASTRO站点。作为她职业生涯奖的一部分，斯科特博士将维护和扩展这个ProjectASTRO网站。

To answer three open questions in the field of extra-galactic astronomy Dr. Scott will lead and carry out a study of three related, but distinct, topics in this CAREER proposal. While the study of each of the topics in itself is interesting, there is extra motivation for this work in the way that the research topics overlap. Starting with an analysis and improved measurement of the extragalactic ultraviolet radiation field at high redshift, and ending with a look into the large scale environs of distant quasars, the PI and her research team are poised to answer broad questions about processes at work in the early Universe. Both ground-based and space-based telescopes will be used in this research program.The broader impacts of the proposal are centered on the development of research opportunities for the undergraduate science students at Towson University. Additional educational and outreach activities will take advantage of both an on-campus planetarium where Dr. Scott will lecture to students and the public and at an existing ProjectASTRO site in nearby Baltimore. As part of her CAREER award Dr. Scott will maintain and expand this ProjectASTRO site.