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: 2210452
• 负责人: Joshua Frieman
• 金额: $ 250万
• 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: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-15 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2210452&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 late May to mid-September, the ACP attracts about 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 several hundred 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, 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 public lectures and talks are recorded and made available on the ACP web site. Weekly "Physics is for Kids" summer barbeques feature hands-on activities and an interactive demonstration/talk by an ACP participant. Also in the summer, 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.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 5 月下旬到 9 月中旬，ACP 都会吸引大约 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。由于这种激烈的活动，每年都有数百篇期刊文章、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。在前进或因此，对 ACP 的资助通过促进物理学各个子学科的基础科学进步来促进国家利益。无论是夏季还是冬季，参与的物理学家都会参与其中。每年冬季会议都会举办一次免费的公开讲座，随后举行“物理咖啡馆”活动，两到三名会议参与者与 50 到 100 名观众进行交流。每年夏季，有 10 到 12 名观众参加。 ACP 校园内举办免费公开讲座，一般出席人数接近 100 人。所有公开讲座和讲座均会录制并在 ACP 网站上发布，每周的“物理适合孩子”夏季烧烤会设有实践活动和互动活动。 ACP 参与者的演示/演讲 同样在夏季，来自当地高中的顶尖物理学学生每人在 ACP 工作一周，并与物理学家一对一会面，讨论 STEM 兴趣和职业。该奖项反映了通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。