Programs on Critical Problems in Physics, Astrophysics and Biophysics at the Aspen Center for Physics

阿斯彭物理中心物理学、天体物理学和生物物理学关键问题项目

• 批准号: 1607611
• 负责人: Joshua Frieman
• 金额: $ 237.5万
• 依托单位: Aspen Center For Physics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1607611&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Programs; Critical; Problems; Physics; Astrophysics

This award funds the scientific activities at the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP), one of the premier theoretical physics research institutions in the world. The ACP is unique in its combination of programs of high scientific quality coupled with an extraordinarily fertile collaborative research environment. Each year, from mid-May to mid-September, the ACP attracts over 500 of the world's leading physicists to Aspen where, participating in multiple-week workshops, working groups, or individual research projects, they interact, discuss, collaborate, and challenge each other while sharing ideas at the forefront of their disciplines. The ACP also organizes between five and eight one-week Winter Conferences, bringing together as many as 100 researchers each week to respond to rapidly breaking developments in areas of current interest in physics and interdisciplinary research. As a result of this intense activity, each year over 500 journal articles, book chapters and scientific manuscripts explicitly acknowledge the ACP for the birth of new ideas, for the formation and nurturing of collaborations, for the opportunity to concentrate on advancing or completing work, and for essential ingredients contributed by fellow researchers to overcome roadblocks to progress. Thus funding for the ACP advances the national interest by promoting the progress of fundamental science across a variety of subdisciplines of physics. In both summer and winter, participating physicists also contribute to a rich and visible science outreach program. Each winter conference features a free public lecture with a typical attendance of 200, preceded by a "Physics Café" in which two to three conference participants engage with an audience of 50 to 100. Each summer, ten to twelve free public talks are held on the ACP campus, with typical attendance close to 100. All lectures and talks are recorded, shown on local television, and made available on the ACP web site. Weekly "Physics is for Kids" summer barbeques, co-hosted with the Aspen Science Center, feature hands-on activities and an interactive demonstration/talk by an ACP participant. Also in the summer, 14 top physics students from local high schools work at the ACP for a week each and meet one-on-one with physicists to discuss STEM interests and careers.

该奖项资助阿斯彭物理中心 (ACP) 的科学活动，该中心是世界上最重要的理论物理研究机构之一，其独特之处在于将高科学质量的项目与极其丰富的合作研究环境相结合。每年，从五月中旬到九月中旬，ACP 都会吸引超过 500 名世界领先的物理学家来到阿斯彭，参加为期数周的研讨会、工作组或个人研究项目，他们进行互动、讨论、 ACP 还组织五到八次为期一周的冬季会议，每周汇聚多达 100 名研究人员，以应对当前感兴趣领域的快速突破性发展。由于这项激烈的活动，每年有超过 500 篇期刊文章、书籍章节和科学手稿明确承认 ACP 催生了新思想、形成和培育了合作、提供了集中精力的机会。推进或完成工作，以及由其他研究人员贡献的克服进展障碍的基本要素，因此，在夏季和冬季，对 ACP 的资助通过促进各个物理学分支的基础科学进步来促进国家利益。参与的物理学家还为丰富而引人注目的科学推广计划做出了贡献。每次冬季会议都会有一场免费的公开讲座，通常有 200 人参加，随后还有一个“物理咖啡馆”，两到三名会议参与者与 50 到 50 名观众进行交流。 100. 每年夏天，ACP 校园都会举办 10 到 12 场免费公开讲座，一般出席人数接近 100 人。所有讲座和讲座都会被录制，在当地电视台播放，并在 ACP 每周网站“物理学”上提供。与阿斯彭科学中心共同举办的“儿童夏季烧烤”活动，包括动手活动和 ACP 参与者的互动演示/演讲。同样在夏季，来自当地高中的 14 名顶尖物理学生在阿斯彭科学中心工作每人为期一周的 ACP，并与物理学家一对一会面，讨论 STEM 兴趣和职业。