Pulsar Search Partnerships: Attracting Talented Young Hispanic Students into Careers in Astrophysics

Pulsar Search 合作伙伴关系：吸引有才华的年轻西班牙裔学生从事天体物理学职业

• 批准号: 0750913
• 负责人: Fredrick Jenet
• 金额: $ 105.56万
• 依托单位: The University of Texas at Brownsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-01 至 2014-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0750913&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pulsar; Search; Partnerships; Attracting; Talented; Pulsar; Search; Partnerships; Attracting; Talented

Dr. Fredrick Jenet, Dr. Matthew Benacquista, Dr. Teviet Creighton, and Ms. Adrienne Rodriguez-Zermeno from the University of Texas Brownville (UTB) will partner with Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The PI and collaborators will work with students to positively identify hundreds of radio pulsars. Some of these pulsars, specifically millisecond pulsars, can be used as indirect detectors of gravitational waves and provide a means with which to test the fundamental theories of gravity in strong fields. Additionally, the PI proposes to investigate white dwarf cooling and binary evolution, pulsar population studies (doubling the known number), exotic binaries, and transient emitters. Much of this work will be made possible because of surveys that are already underway at Arecibo and Green Bank Observatories.The primary educational goal of the program is to produce a cadre of students, many from traditionally underrepresented populations, trained in pulsar search observing and data analysis techniques. This will be accomplished by recruiting talented students with scholarships and training them to use the Arecibo Remote Command Center (ARCC-1) at the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) at the University of Texas Brownville. This state-of-the-art center gives students the opportunity to make observations from Arecibo observatory remotely. The ARCC facility will also be expanded to other radio telescopes beginning with the Green Bank telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. All students will be encouraged to take ownership of their research by presenting seminars internally and presenting their work at national meetings.

德克萨斯大学布朗维尔大学（UTB）的Fredrick Jenet博士，Matthew Benacquista博士，Teviet Creighton博士和Adrienne Rodriguez-Zermeno女士将与Arecibo天文台和绿色银行望远镜（GBT）合作。 PI和合作者将与学生合作，积极识别数百个无线电脉冲星。 其中一些脉冲星，特别是毫秒的脉冲星可以用作引力波的间接检测器，并提供了一种在强场中测试重力理论的手段。 此外，PI提议研究白矮人冷却和二元进化，脉冲星人群研究（已知数量增加一倍），外来二进制和瞬态发射器。 由于已经在Arecibo和Green Bank观察者正在进行的调查中，这项工作将成为可能。该计划的主要教育目标是生产一群学生，其中许多来自传统上代表性不足的人群，受过PULSAR搜索观察和数据分析技术的培训。 这将通过招募有才华的学生获得奖学金来实现，并培训他们使用德克萨斯大学布朗维尔大学重力浪潮天文学（CGWA）中心的Arecibo Remote Command Center（ARCC-1）。 这个最先进的中心使学生有机会远程观察Arecibo天文台。 ARCC设施还将扩展到其他射电望远镜，从国家射电天文台的绿色银行望远镜开始。 将鼓励所有学生通过内部介绍研讨会并在国家会议上介绍他们的工作，从而获得所有研究。