CDS&E: Peculiar galaxy detection in digital sky surveys

CDS

基本信息

批准号：
1903823
负责人：
Lior Shamir
金额：
$ 14.07万
依托单位：
Kansas State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-10-01 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1903823&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CDS&amp Peculiar galaxy detection digital

项目摘要

Digital sky surveys are increasingly pivotal in astronomy, but existing computational methodologies are unable effectively to analyze the resultant extremely large databases. This project will develop and apply methods that combine the analysis of imaging, photometric, and spectroscopic data to mine astronomical databases and detect peculiar celestial objects of scientific value. Peculiar galaxies are very different from the majority of galaxies and carry crucial information about the interactions of objects, their formation, and their evolutionary history. They are important for addressing fundamental questions about the early, present, and future universe. Software and source code developed in this project will be open to the community. The principal investigator has been leading high-impact inclusion and diversity programs that engage students from underrepresented minorities. The present project will strengthen these student experiences, continuing to use research as a tool for increasing diversity and inclusion.Algorithms, both new and already developed with previous NSF support, will be applied to the most significant existing digital sky surveys, including the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS), and the Dark Energy Survey (DES), and will be prepared for the future, notably for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), the most powerful astronomical imaging device and the primary NSF astronomical project for the decade.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.

数字天空调查在天文学中越来越关键，但是现有的计算方法无法有效地分析所得的极大数据库。该项目将开发和应用结合成像，光度和光谱数据分析的方法来开采天文学数据库并检测科学价值的特殊天体对象。奇特的星系与大多数星系截然不同，并带有有关对象的相互作用，它们的形成及其进化史的关键信息。它们对于解决有关早期，现在和未来宇宙的基本问题很重要。该项目中开发的软件和源代码将向社区开放。首席调查员一直领导着高影响力的包容性和多样性计划，这些计划吸引了代表性不足的少数民族的学生。本项目将增强这些学生的经验，继续使用研究作为增加多样性和包容性的工具。在以前的NSF支持下，Algorithms将应用于最重要的现有数字天空调查，包括Sloan Digital Sky Surke（包括SDSS），包括Panoramic suspory the Panoramic sumper to dors Panoramic sourse（Panstarrs）（Panstarrs）（Panstarrs），以及DarkStarrs（PanStarrs），以及Darks Ardife dark will be Syne（PanStarrs），以及Symoptic调查望远镜（LSST）是十年来最强大的天文成像设备，也是NSF的主要天文学项目。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。