CAREER: Cosmological Structure at Small Scales; From the Nature of Dark Matter and its Small-Scale Behavior to Galaxy Formation

在这个项目中，PI将通过测量和模拟来自Lyman-alpha森林的小尺度物质功率谱，以及量化星系晕占位分布统计测量中的不确定性，来研究星系结构形成的历史。此外，PI将把这些方法应用于当前和即将到来的数据。这些项目将通过培训和培养研究生，通过对拟议项目的监督研究，将研究和教育结合起来。该项目将通过与正在进行的科学展览项目工作的联系和整合，扩展到马里兰大学附近的当地高中生。一项主要的新提议是通过一个基于网络的wiki界面，为马里兰大学基础物理中心的高中教师开发一个互动问答程序。通过Lyman-alpha森林和星系群集统计的宇宙学大尺度结构（在小尺度上）的建议方面将由两个单独的学生或由一个学生进行。此外，这些项目将促进该奖项支持的博士后研究学者的进一步科学发展。

In this project the PI will study the history of galaxy structure formation through measurements and modeling of the small-scale matter power spectrum from the Lyman-alpha forest and through quantifying the uncertainties in statistical measures of galaxy halo occupation distributions. Further the PI will apply these methods to current and upcoming data. The projects will integrate research and education through training and developing graduate students through supervised research on the proposed projects. The project will outreach to high school students locally near the University of Maryland through contact and integration with science fair project work, which is under way. A primary new effort proposed is the development of an interactive question and answer program for high school teachers at the University of Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics through a web-based wiki interface. The aspects of this proposal of cosmological large-scale structure (on small scales) through the Lyman-alpha forest and galaxy clustering statistics will be taken up by two separate students or by a single student. In addition, these projects will foster the further scientific development of a postdoctoral research scholar supported by this award.