Fifty-One Ergs 2019: The fourth international conference on the physics and observations of explosive astronomical transients supernovae and their remnants

夜空不是固定不变的。每一秒钟，巨大的恒星爆炸，被称为新星和超新星，发生在宇宙中。这些爆炸是化学元素的来源，这些化学元素后来将继续形成新一代的恒星，行星和人类。近年来，我们发现此类爆炸的速度加快，今后还将继续增长。随着我们发现越来越多这样的爆炸，很明显它们并不都是一样的。2019年第五十一次尔格会议的科学目标是汇集来自世界各地的此类爆炸专家。会议将鼓励最新发现的交流，并促进合作，这将导致更好地了解这些爆炸。会议议程也非常强调研究的未来。FOE 2019将在参与者之间就该领域未解决的问题进行几次辩论和小组讨论。五十一个Ergs还旨在促进未来天文学界的多样性。组织者针对不同专业，背景，性别，种族和国籍的演讲者，然后将他们放在该领域最杰出的成员面前。与此同时，五十一尔格还特意寻找那些处于职业生涯早期的科学家，然后让他们有机会与参加这次会议的更资深的科学家进行互动。这个奖项将为20名属于这些代表性不足的群体的与会者提供支持。这两个群体的旅行预算往往很少，支助可以决定他们是否参加会议。为他们提供这些机会增加了这些科学家群体成功职业生涯的可能性，从而使天体物理学、一般科学和国家普遍受益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The night sky is not fixed and unchanging. Every second, huge stellar explosions, known as novae and supernovae, occur in the Universe. These explosions are the sources of the chemical elements that will later go on to form new generations of stars, planets and people. The rate at which we detect such explosions has accelerated in recent years and will continue to grow in the future. As we find more and more of these explosions, it has become clear they are not all the same.The scientific goal of the Fifty-One Ergs (FOE) 2019 conference is to bring together a group of experts in such explosions from all over the world. The conference will encourage the exchange of the latest discoveries and promote the collaborations which will lead to a better understanding of these explosions. The conference agenda also places a strong emphasis on the future of the research. FOE 2019 will feature several debates and panel discussions among the participants on the unsolved problems within the field.Fifty-One Ergs also has the goal of promoting the diversity of the astronomical community of the future. The organizers target speakers diverse in specialization, background, gender, ethnicity, and nationality, and then place them prominently in front of the most distinguished members of the field. At the same time, Fifty-One Ergs also deliberately seeks out scientists who are early in their careers and then gives them the chance to interact with more senior scientists who attend this conference.This award will provide support for twenty attendees who fall into these under-represented groups. The travel budgets of these two groups are often small and support can make the difference between them participating and not attending. Providing these opportunities to them increases the likelihood of successful careers for these groups of scientists, to the general benefit of astrophysics, of science in general, and of the nation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.