REU Site: Gravitational-Wave Science in the LIGO Project

REU 站点：LIGO 项目中的引力波科学

• 批准号: 1757303
• 负责人: Alan Weinstein
• 金额: $ 5.79万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-15 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757303&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Gravitational; Wave; Science

This award supports the renewal of the existing Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program associated with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project at Caltech. The project will support seven undergraduate students for ten weeks of summer research. LIGO provides a unique and exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in the opening of an entirely new observational window on the Universe using and developing detectors with unprecedented precision. REU participants work closely with individual LIGO scientists on projects involving many aspects of detector technology, data analysis, and source modeling. Every student develops skills in scientific writing and communication, through preparation of a project proposal prior to the summer, progress reports, and a professional-quality presentation and report at the end of the summer. The LIGO REU program provides undergraduate students with a rewarding research experience at the frontiers of precision metrology, strong-field gravity, and observational astrophysics, in which they make real and lasting contributions to a major scientific effort. Students work with and are mentored by professional scientists from LIGO Laboratory, Caltech theoretical astrophysics, and the global LIGO Scientific Collaboration and learn first-hand how large projects are organized and operate. They acquire new skills that are applicable in a broad range of technical careers, involving optics, lasers, electronics, servo controls, mechanical systems, data analysis, numerical relativity, astrophysical source modeling, software development, high throughput computing, and related technologies. They benefit from a well-established laboratory infrastructure, the availability of high-throughput computing, document control, safety and security procedures, and administrative support. A highlight of the summer is a trip to one of the LIGO Observatories.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.

该奖项支持与加州理工学院（Caltech）激光干涉仪重力波动台（LIGO）项目相关的本科生现有研究经验的续签。该项目将在夏季研究的十个星期内为七个本科生提供支持。 Ligo为本科生提供了一个独特而激动人心的机会，可以使用并开发前所未有的精确度来打开宇宙上一个全新的观察窗口。 REU参与者与个人LIGO科学家紧密合作，涉及探测器技术，数据分析和来源建模的许多方面。每个学生都通过在夏季之前准备项目建议，进度报告以及专业质量的演讲来发展科学写作和沟通的技能，并在夏季结束时进行报告。 LIGO REU计划在精确度量，强场重力和观察天体物理学的前沿为本科生提供了有意义的研究经验，在这些研究中，他们为重大科学努力做出了真实而持久的贡献。学生与Ligo实验室，Caltech理论天体物理学以及全球Ligo科学合作的专业科学家合作并考虑了与学生一起考虑，并亲眼学习了大型项目的组织和运营。他们获得了适用于各种技术职业的新技能，包括光学，激光，电子，伺服控制，机械系统，数据分析，数值可靠性，天体物理源建模，软件开发，高吞吐量计算和相关技术。它们受益于建立的实验室基础设施，高通量计算，文件控制，安全和安全程序以及行政支持的可用性。夏季的亮点是前往Ligo天文台之一的旅行。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为是通过评估而被视为珍贵的。

项目成果

Visualizing 2PN Binary Black Hole Spin Precession

可视化 2PN 二元黑洞自旋进动

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: LIGO Laboratory Summer 2018 Undergraduate Research
• 作者: Lima, Alicia;Gerosa, Davide
• 通讯作者: Gerosa, Davide

A Study of Gravitational Wave Memory and Its Detectability With LIGO Using Bayesian Inference

利用贝叶斯推理研究引力波存储器及其 LIGO 的可检测性

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: LIGO Laboratory Summer 2018 Undergraduate Research
• 作者: Doane, Jillian;Weinstein, Alan;Kanner, Jonah
• 通讯作者: Kanner, Jonah

Utilizing Machine Learning to Improve Searches for LIGO Sources

利用机器学习改进 LIGO 源的搜索

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: LIGO Laboratory Summer 2018 Undergraduate Research
• 作者: McCarthy, Sarah;Massinger, Thomas;McIver, Jessica
• 通讯作者: McIver, Jessica

Seismic Cloaking for LIGO

LIGO 地震隐形

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: LIGO Laboratory Summer 2018 Undergraduate Research
• 作者: Nathaniel, Kaila;Kamai, Brittany;Adhikari, Rana
• 通讯作者: Adhikari, Rana

In Situ Laser Mode Spectroscopy for Mirror Phase Mapping

用于镜面相位映射的原位激光模式光谱

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: LIGO Laboratory Summer 2018 Undergraduate Research
• 作者: Ferrans, Sandrine;Arai, Koji;Adhikari, Rana;Venugopalan, Gautam
• 通讯作者: Venugopalan, Gautam