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莱曼-阿尔法森林的小尺度物质功率谱，并通过量化星系晕占据分布的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。这些项目将通过对拟议项目的监督研究来培训和发展研究生，从而将研究和教育结合起来。该项目将通过与正在进行的科学博览会项目工作的联系和整合，扩大到马里兰大学附近的当地高中生。提议的一项主要新努力是通过基于网络的维基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。这项通过莱曼-阿尔法森林和星系团统计提出的宇宙学大尺度结构(在小尺度上)的建议将由两名单独的学生或一名学生学习。此外，这些项目将促进由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.