International REU site for Gravitational Physics

该奖项支持由盖恩斯维尔佛罗里达大学物理系主办的国际REU引力物理站点。探测引力波需要极其复杂的实验和分析技术；它还涉及大型设施、大量人力和国际合作。激光干涉仪空间天线(LISA)和国家科学基金会支持的激光干涉仪引力波天文台(LIGO)项目利用小型和少数族裔大学越来越多的可研究教师来支持他们的研究工作。在这个REU站点，本科生将有机会与参与引力波探测方方面面的国际合作者建立联系，体验他们的研究环境，并与他们一起工作。将鼓励它们与其国际合作伙伴自行开发正在进行的项目。接触研究将有助于培养他们的独立性，而在国际环境中的经历将为他们提供在全球网络中的人脉，帮助他们从事未来的研究。研究项目将在许多地点进行，包括汉诺威的阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦研究所、巴黎的APC、东京的国家天文台、格拉斯哥大学、伯明翰大学、卡迪夫大学、阿德莱德大学、澳大利亚国立大学堪培拉、西澳大利亚大学珀斯和意大利的INFN实验室--所有这些都与佛罗里达大学联合进行。

This award supports the International REU site for Gravitational Physics hosted by the Physics Department at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Detection of gravitational waves requires extremely sophisticated techniques in experiment and analysis; it also involves large facilities, significant manpower and international collaborations. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and NSF supported Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories (LIGO) projects take advantage of a growing number of research-able faculty at small and minority colleges in support of their research efforts. At this REU site, undergraduate students will have an opportunity to establish contact with, experience the research environment of, and work beside, international collaborators involved in all aspects of gravitational wave detection. They will be encouraged to develop, on their own accord, ongoing projects with their international partners. Exposure to research will help cultivate their independence, while the experience in an international setting will furnish them with contacts within a global network, as they pursue their future research. Research projects will take place at a variety of locations, including the Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover; APC, Paris; the National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo; University of Glasgow; University of Birmingham; Cardiff University; University of Adelaide; Australian National University, Canberra; the University of Western Australia, Perth; and INFN laboratories, Italy - all in conjunction with the University of Florida.