Mississippi's Contribution to Advanced LIGO's Search for Gravitational Waves

密西西比州对先进 LIGO 引力波搜索的贡献

• 批准号: 1404139
• 负责人: Marco Cavaglia
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1404139&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mississippi; Contribution; Advanced; LIGO; Search

The new Advanced LIGO detectors are on course to start soon their first science run. Before the end of this award period, Advanced LIGO may open a new, revolutionary window on the universe that will probe some of the most energetic and mysterious phenomena in the sky, from merger of black holes and explosions of supernovae to the internal structure of neutron stars. Gravitational-wave astronomy will allow scientists to see the universe from a novel and unique perspective, providing astrophysical insights that are not accessible with conventional telescopes. This research delivers vital contributions to Advanced LIGO's scientific core mission while strengthening LIGO's commitment to improving science education among diverse and underserved segments of the population, the youth and the general public. The success of the Advanced LIGO endeavor will have broader impacts in physics, astronomy, technology and engineering through the project's multiple spin offs. Research under this award will encourage the growth of scientific advancement in the southeast region of the United States, increase educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and enhance diversity in science. The activities funded through this award support Advanced LIGO research during detector commissioning and early science data taking phases. After the initial acceptance of the Advanced LIGO interferometers, University of Mississippi's researchers and students will work with LIGO personnel to characterize and improve the performance of the new instruments. These activities will be carried out on site by senior personnel and graduate students residing at the observatories, as well as off-site through the use of existing LIGO detector characterization tools and data mining techniques. In this phase, Mississippi's researchers and students will also contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of dedicated software for data analysis and detector characterization. During the initial Advanced LIGO science runs, University of Mississippi's personnel will work in close contact with LIGO scientists to monitor and improve the performance of the detectors, mitigate unwanted non-astrophysical features in the data and reduce the background of Advanced LIGO's astrophysical searches.

新的高级LIGO探测器正在开始他们的第一次科学跑步。在此奖励期结束之前，Advanced Ligo可能会在宇宙上打开一个新的革命性窗口，该窗口将探究天空中一些最有活力，最神秘的现象，从黑洞的合并和超新星的爆炸到中子星的内部结构。引力波天文学将使科学家从新颖而独特的角度看到宇宙，从而提供传统望远镜无法获得的天体物理见解。这项研究为高级Ligo的科学核心使命做出了重要贡献，同时加强了Ligo致力于改善人口，青年和公众的多样化和服务不足领域的科学教育。先进的Ligo努力的成功将通过项目多次旋转对物理，天文学，技术和工程产生更大的影响。根据该奖项的研究将鼓励美国东南地区的科学进步发展，增加科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的教育机会，并增强科学的多样性。通过该奖项资助的活动支持探测器调试和早期科学数据阶段的高级LIGO研究。在最初接受了高级LIGO干涉仪后，密西西比大学的研究人员和学生将与Ligo人员合作，以表征和改善新工具的性能。这些活动将由居住在天文台的高级人员和研究生在现场进行，以及通过使用现有的LiGo探测器表征工具和数据挖掘技术的场地。在此阶段，密西西比州的研究人员和学生还将为数据分析和探测器表征的专用软件的开发，实施和维护做出贡献。在最初的高级LIGO科学运行期间，密西西比大学的人员将与Ligo科学家密切联系以监视和改善探测器的性能，减轻数据中不需要的非骨质物理特征，并减少高级Ligo的天体物理搜索的背景。