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引力物理网站。激光干涉仪空间天线（丽莎）和美国国家科学基金会支持的激光干涉仪引力波观测站（LIGO）项目利用了越来越多的小型和少数民族学院的研究能力，以支持他们的研究工作。在这个REU网站，本科生将有机会建立联系，体验的研究环境，并在旁边工作，参与引力波探测的各个方面的国际合作者。将鼓励这些国家雅阁与国际伙伴一起制定正在进行的项目。 接触研究将有助于培养学生的独立性，而在国际环境中的经验将为他们提供一个全球网络内的联系，因为他们追求自己的未来研究。 此外，与LIGO/Virgo和eLISA等大型重点合作项目的互动可以促进这些学生接触研究领域和范围。引力波的探测需要极其复杂的实验和分析技术，还需要大型设施，大量人力和国际合作。研究项目将在多个地点进行，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、堪培拉的澳大利亚国立大学、珀斯的西澳大利亚大学、首尔的首尔国立大学、奥赛的线性加速器实验室、阿姆斯特丹的国家亚原子物理研究所;墨尔本大学;意大利的INFN实验室--所有这些都是与佛罗里达大学合作进行的。

This award supports the International REU site for Gravitational Physics hosted by the Physics Department at the University of Florida, Gainesville. 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 students' independence, while the experience in an international setting will furnish them with contacts within a global network, as they pursue their future research. In addition, interaction with large, focused collaborations such as LIGO/Virgo and eLISA can catalyze exposure of these students to the realm and scope of research.Detection of gravitational waves requires extremely sophisticated techniques in experiment and analysis; it also involves large facilities, significant manpower and international collaborations. 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; Seoul National University, Seoul; Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Orsay; National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), Amsterdam; University of Melbourne; and INFN laboratories, Italy - all in conjunction with the University of Florida.