DOCSLIB.ORG

Finding Gravitational Waves in the Seismic Din

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Finding Gravitational Waves in the Seismic Din VOL. 97 NO. 7 1 APR 2016 Finding Gravitational Waves in the Seismic Din Cuts to Australian Climate Science Support Networks for Graduate Student Women Visualizing Cross-Sectional Data Earth & Space Science News Contents 1 APRIL 2016 PROJECT UPDATE VOLUME 97, ISSUE 7 16 Visualizing Cross-Sectional Data in a Real-World Context Combining the capabilities of an open- source drawing tool with Google Earth™ maps allows researchers to visualize real-world cross-sectional data in three dimensions. PROJECT UPDATE 20 Unmanned Platforms Monitor the Arctic Atmosphere In the Arctic, drones and tethered 13 balloons can make crucial atmospheric measurements to provide a unique perspective on an environment particularly COVER vulnerable to climate change. Seeing the Gravitational Waves, Despite the Seismic Waves MEETING REPORT For detectors to sense the minute jolt of a gravitational wave Precipitation Data announced in February, savvy geophysicists and engineers had to keep 10 Key to Food Security Earth’s tiniest jiggles from reaching ultrasensitive instruments. and Public Health Earth & Space Science News Eos.org // 1 Contents DEPARTMENTS Editor in Chief Barbara T. Richman: AGU, Washington, D. C., USA; eos_ [email protected] Editors Christina M. S. Cohen Wendy S. Gordon Carol A. Stein California Institute Ecologia Consulting, Department of Earth and of Technology, Pasadena, Austin, Texas, USA; Environmental Sciences, Calif., USA; wendy@ecologiaconsulting University of Illinois at cohen@srl .caltech.edu .com Chicago, Chicago, Ill., USA; [email protected] José D. Fuentes David Halpern Department of Meteorology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pennsylvania State Pasadena, Calif., USA; University, University davidhalpern29@gmail Park, Pa., USA; .com [email protected] Editorial Advisory Board M. Lee Allison, Earth and Space John W. Lane, Near-Surface Geophysics Science Informatics Jian Lin, Tectonophysics Mark G. Flanner, Atmospheric Figen Mekik, Paleoceanography Sciences and Paleoclimatology Nicola J. Fox, Space Physics Jerry L. Miller, Ocean Sciences 26 and Aeronomy Michael A. Mischna, Planetary Sciences Steve Frolking, Biogeosciences Thomas H. Painter, Cryosphere Sciences Edward J. Garnero, Study of the Philip J. Rasch, Global Environmental Earth’s Deep Interior Change 25 AGU News Michael N. Gooseff, Hydrology Eric M. Riggs, Education AGU Signs Agreement with Council Brian C. Gunter, Geodesy Adrian Tuck, Nonlinear Geophysics Kristine C. Harper, History Sergio Vinciguerra, Mineral on Undergraduate Research. of Geophysics and Rock Physics Susan E. Hough, Natural Hazards Andrew C. Wilcox, Earth and Planetary Emily R. Johnson, Volcanology, Surface Processes 26–29 Research Spotlight Geochemistry, and Petrology Earle Williams, Atmospheric Keith D. Koper, Seismology and Space Electricity New Solar Wind Model Could Robert E. Kopp, Geomagnetism Mary Lou Zoback, Societal Impacts Improve Space Weather Forecasts; and Paleomagnetism and Policy Sciences Distant Rains Contributed to Staff La Niña Ocean Warming Event; Production: Faith A. Ishii, Production Manager; Melissa A. Tribur, Senior Production Satellites Reveal Dynamics of Specialist; Liz Castenson, Editorial and Production Coordinator; Yael Fitzpatrick, Manager, Design and Branding; Valerie Bassett and Travis Frazier, Electronic Suspended Mineral Particles; Graphics Specialists Tracking the Fate of Antarctica’s Ice; Editorial: Peter L. Weiss, Manager/Senior News Editor; Mohi Kumar, Scientific 7 Ocean Waves Vibrating the Ross Ice Content Editor; Randy Showstack, Senior News Writer; JoAnna Wendel, News Writer Shelf; Can We Predict How Volcanic Marketing: Angelo Bouselli, Marketing Program Manager; Jamie R. Liu, Manager, Marketing Ash Disperses After an Eruption? Advertising: Christy Hanson, Manager; Tel: +1-202-777-7536; Email: advertising@ 3–7 News agu.org Final Mirror Segment Added to 30–32 Positions Available ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Material in this issue may Powerful Future Space Observatory; Current job openings in the Earth be photocopied by individual scientists for research or classroom use. Permission Scientists Denounce Pending is also granted to use short quotes, figures, and tables for publication in scientific and space sciences. books and journals. For permission for any other uses, contact the AGU Publications Australian Climate Science Cuts; Office. Climate Change Freezes Mountain Eos (ISSN 0096-3941) is published semi-monthly, on the 1st and 15th of the month by Wildflower Reproduction; Court Inside Back Cover: the American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009, Delay on U.S. Climate Plan Won’t USA. Periodical Class postage paid at Washington, D. C., and at additional mailing Postcards from the Field offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Member Service Center, 2000 Stop Clean Energy Efforts. Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA. Cambrian thrombolites sit like Member Service Center: 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern time; Tel: +1-202-462-6900; giant macarons on western 10 Meeting Report Fax: +1-202-328-0566; Tel. orders in U.S.: 1-800-966-2481; Email: [email protected]. Newfoundland’s shore. Use AGU’s Geophysical Electronic Manuscript Submissions system to submit a Precipitation Data Key to Food manuscript: http://eos-submit.agu.org. Security and Public Health. Views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect official positions of the On the Cover American Geophysical Union unless expressly stated. A simulation of the gravitational Christine W. McEntee, Executive Director/CEO 11–12 Opinion waves generated by the merger Creating Local Support Networks of two black holes. Credit: for Graduate Student Women. NASA/C. Henze facebook.com/AmericanGeophysicalUnion @AGU_Eos linkedin.com/company/american-geophysical-union youtube.com/user/AGUvideos 2 // Eos 1 April 2016 NEWS Scientists also anticipate that the observa- Final Mirror Segment Added to tory will help them better understand the evo- lution of galaxies, mysteries of star formation, Powerful Future Space Observatory and the birth of planetary systems, Straughn said, noting some of the observatory’s science themes (see http://bit.ly/JWST- themes). Top Priority for the Astronomical Community JWST, formerly known as the Next Generation Space Telescope, ranked as the top priority of the astronomical community in the 2000 National Academy of Sciences decadal survey for astronomy and astrophysics (see http://bit .ly/Astro-Decadal). Its instrument suite includes JWST’s primary imager, a near- infrared camera that covers infrared wave- lengths from 0.6 to 5 micrometers. This cam- era can detect light from the earliest stars and galaxies, stars in nearby galaxies, young stars in the Milky Way, and Kuiper Belt objects. The instrument suite also includes a near-infrared spectrograph, covering the same wavelength range as the near- infrared camera; a mid- infrared instrument, with a camera and spec- trograph, covering the wavelength range of 5 to 28 micrometers; and a near-infrared imager and slitless spectrograph, with a wave- NASA/Chris Gunn NASA/Chris Inside a massive clean room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the James Webb Space Tele- length range of 0.8 to 5.0 micrometers. scope team used a robotic arm to install the last of the telescope mirror’s 18 segments. Testing the Components Those instruments underwent thermal tests onstruction of the large space tele- JWST, explained Straughn. She added that the early this year inside a space environment scope that is next in the Hubble Tele- new telescope will be “about 100 times more simulator facility at Goddard—a vacuum C scope lineage has reached two major powerful” than the Hubble Telescope, thanks chamber where scientists and engineers low- milestones. Scientists and technicians at to JWST’s tennis court–sized mirror, the infra- ered the temperature to 42 kelvins and below. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Green- red wavelength range it will observe, and the In the meantime, scientists and technicians in belt, Md., recently installed and aligned the efficiency of its set of instruments. white “bunny suits” inside a massive clean last of the 18 hexagonal segments of the infra- room at Goddard precisely assembled 18 gold- red telescope’s primary mirror, and they suc- Key Science Themes coated beryllium hexagonal segments to form cessfully completed a series of cryogenic tests JWST “is going to completely revolutionize our the telescope’s primary mirror. Each segment, on the telescope’s instrument package. understanding of exoplanets”—those distant protected from dust by a black carbon- “We have been, for years and years, leading planets that orbit stars other than our Sun— composite cover, weighs about 40 kilograms. up to this point of putting the [mirror] pieces by helping scientists learn more about their The assembled mirror spans 6.5 meters, together,” Amber Straughn, an astrophysicist atmospheres, Straughn said. JWST, which is 2.7 times the diameter of Hubble’s mirror. and deputy project scientist for science com- an international project led by NASA with Next steps include more testing and munications, said at a late January presenta- major contributions from the European Space assembly of all JWST components in prepara- tion at Goddard, where the mirror has been Agency and Canadian Space Agency, could also tion for its 2018 launch from French Guiana. assembled and where the main instruments of observe the outer planets in our own solar For JWST project manager Bill Ochs, the com- the
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Michael Garcia Hubble Space Telescope Users Committee (STUC)
    Hubble Space Telescope Users Committee (STUC) April 16, 2015 Michael Garcia HST Program Scientist [email protected] 1 Hubble Sees Supernova Split into Four Images by Cosmic Lens 2 NASA’s Hubble Observations suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede file:///Users/ file:///Users/ mrgarci2/Desktop/mrgarci2/Desktop/ hs-2015-09-a-hs-2015-09-a- web.jpg web.jpg 3 NASA’s Hubble detects Distortion of Circumstellar Disk by a Planet 4 The Exoplanet Travel Bureau 5 TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite CURRENT STATUS: • Downselected April 2013. • Major partners: - PI and science lead: MIT - Project management: NASA GSFC - Instrument: Lincoln Laboratory - Spacecraft: Orbital Science Corp • Agency launch readiness date NLT June 2018 (working launch date August 2017). • High-Earth elliptical orbit (17 x 58.7 Earth radii). Standard Explorer (EX) Mission PI: G. Ricker (MIT) • Development progressing on plan. Mission: All-Sky photometric exoplanet - Systems Requirement Review (SRR) mapping mission. successfully completed on February Science goal: Search for transiting 12-13, 2014. exoplanets around the nearby, bright stars. Instruments: Four wide field of view (24x24 - Preliminary Design Review (PDR) degrees) CCD cameras with overlapping successfully completed Sept 9-12, 2014. field of view operating in the Visible-IR - Confirmation Review, for approval to enter spectrum (0.6-1 micron). implementation phase, successfully Operations: 3-year science mission after completed October 31, 2014. launch. - Mission CDR on track for August 2015 6 JWST Hardware Progress JWST remains on track for an October 2018 launch within its replan budget guidelines 7 WFIRST / AFTA Widefield Infrared Survey Telescope with Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets Coronagraph Technology Milestones Widefield Detector Technology Milestones 1 Shaped Pupil mask fabricated with reflectivity of 7/21/14 1 Produce, test, and analyze 2 candidate 7/31/14 -4 10 and 20 µm pixel size.
    [Show full text]
  • James Webb Space Telescope… Smashingly Cold Pg 8
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration view Volume 6 Issue 11 NASA’S Mars Atmosphere Mission Gets Green Light to Proceed to Development Pg 3 James Webb Space Telescope… Smashingly Cold Pg 8 i am goddard: Curtis Johnson goddard Pg 12 www.nasa.gov 02 NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME GoddardView Collaborate to Educate Youth Volume 6 Issue 11 By Rani Gran NASA has developed a contest to raise students’ awareness of technology transfer Table of Contents efforts and how NASA technologies contribute to our everyday lives. Goddard Updates NASA is collaborating with Hasbro using the correlation between the popular NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME Collaborate to Transformers brand, featuring its leader OPTIMUS PRIME, and spinoffs from NASA Educate Youth – 2 Updates technologies created for aeronautics and space missions that are used here on Earth. NASA’S Mars Atmosphere Mission Gets Green The goal is to help students understand that NASA technology ‘transforms’ into things Light to Proceed to Development – 3 that are used daily. These transformed technologies include water purifiers, medical Cluster Helps Disentangle Turbulence in the imaging software, or fabric that protects against UV rays. Solar Wind – 4 Mobile Mars Laboratory Almost Ready for Flight – 5 The Innovative Partnerships Program Office NASA Makes the Invisible Visible in Medical at Goddard, in conjunction with NASA’s Imaging – 6 Office of Education, has designed Two Goddard Fermi Telescope Scientists Win a video contest for students Lindsay Awards – 7 from third to eighth grade. James Webb Space Telescope…Smashingly Cold – 8 Each student, or group of Goddard Goddard Community students, will submit a Paid to Have Fun – 9 three- to five-minute video OutsideGoddard: Bluegrass Camp – 10 on a selected NASA spinoff i am goddard: Curtis Johnson – 12 technology listed in the 2009 Spinoff publica- tion.
    [Show full text]
  • NASA Mission Directorates and Center Alignment Research Areas
    Appendix A: NASA Mission Directorates and Center Alignment NASA’s Mission to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research, draws support from four Mission Directorates and nine NASA Centers plus JPL, each with a specific responsibility. A.1 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) conducts high-quality, cutting-edge research that generates innovative concepts, tools, and technologies to enable revolutionary advances in our Nation’s future aircraft, as well as in the airspace in which they will fly. ARMD programs will facilitate a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more efficient national air transportation system. Using a Strategic Implementation Plan NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) sets forth the vision for aeronautical research aimed at the next 25 years and beyond. It encompasses a broad range of technologies to meet future needs of the aviation community, the nation, and the world for safe, efficient, flexible, and environmentally sustainable air transportation. Additional information on the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) can be found at: http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov. Areas of Interest - POC: Tony Springer, [email protected] Researchers responding to the ARMD should propose research that is aligned with one or more of the ARMD programs. Proposers are directed to the following: • ARMD Programs: http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/programs.htm • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Headquarters, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Current Year version of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) entitled, "Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)” has been posted on the NSPIRES web site at http://nspires.nasaprs.com (select “Solicitations” and then “Open Solicitations”).
    [Show full text]
  • HEIC1117: EMBARGOED UNTIL 15:00 CET/09:00 Am EST 10 Nov, 2011
    HEIC1117: EMBARGOED UNTIL 15:00 CET/09:00 am EST 10 Nov, 2011 http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1117/ Science release: Hubble Uncovers Tiny Galaxies Bursting with Starbirth in Early Universe 10-Nov 2011 Using its infrared vision to peer nine billion years back in time, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of tiny, young galaxies that are brimming with star formation. The galaxies are churning out stars at such a rate that the number of stars in them would double in just ten million years. For comparison, the Milky Way has taken a thousand times longer to double its stellar population. These newly discovered dwarf galaxies are around a hundred times smaller than the Milky Way. Their star formation rates are extremely high, even for the young Universe, when most galaxies were forming stars at higher rates than they are today. They have turned up in the Hubble images because the radiation from young, hot stars has caused the oxygen in the gas surrounding them to light up like a fluorescent sign. Astronomers believe this rapid starbirth represents an important phase in the formation of dwarf galaxies, the most common galaxy type in the cosmos. “The galaxies have been there all along, but up until recently astronomers have been able only to survey tiny patches of sky at the sensitivities necessary to detect them,” says Arjen van der Wel of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, lead author of a paper that will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
    [Show full text]
  • Request for Proposals
    Request for Proposals Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program Partnership Development Grant (PDG) NASA in Kansas Proposal Due: Noon, October 31, 2019 Anticipated Grant End Date: June 30, 2020 With support from NASA and the Kansas Board of Regents - the Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program (KNEP) is preparing to award Partnership Development Grants (PDG) to Kansas investigators, under the KNEP Research Infrastructure Development (RID) program. These grants are intended to facilitate the development of beneficial and promising NASA collaborations. The PDG recipient is expected to initiate, develop, and formalize a meaningful professional relationship with a NASA researcher. Given this expectation, it is vital investigators and students travel to a NASA center if selected for an award. Ideally the faculty member, student, and research host become co-participants in a promising research effort. Indeed, the PDG award should lead to sustained collaborations, joint publications, and, most importantly, future grant proposals. Award Criteria PDG awards are competitive, with a strong emphasis on: § Addressing NASA Mission Directorate and Kansas interests (required) § Developing new, sustained, and meaningful NASA contacts (required) § Involving US-students, especially underrepresented and underserved Kansas undergraduate and graduate students, in the research (required) § Strengthening collaboration among academia, government agencies, business, and industry § Exploring new and unique R&D opportunities § Shared publications and future EPSCoR and non-EPSCoR grant submissions
    [Show full text]
  • Connecting Scientists with NASA Astrophysics
    219th AAS Meeting – Austin, TX “Connecting Scientists with NASA Astrophysics Education and Public Outreach” Splinter Meeting January 12, 2012, 9:30AM-11:00AM Facilitators: NASA Astrophysics Science E/PO Forum Text of Presentation Slides Slide 1: Splinter Meeting Plan • Introduction, Who we are, Why we are here • Showcase of NASA Astrophysics E/PO resources and opportunities • Explore resources and opportunities, one-on-one Slide 2: Who We Are: NASA Science E/PO Forums Presenter: Mangala Sharma (msharma[at]stsci.edu) URL: Smdepo.org The 4 SMD E/PO Forums connect scientists with E/PO information, resources, opportunities, potential partners related to NASA SMD E/PO. Slide 3: Who We Are (2): NASA SMD E/PO • Part of NASA’s education effort, supports Agency education goals • SMD’s vision for E/PO: To share the story, the science, and the adventure of NASA’s scientific explorations… through stimulating and informative activities and experiences… • Scientists + educators working together! Slide 4: Why We Are Here Presenter: Mangala Sharma URL: Smdepo.org • To connect scientists, NASA Astrophysics E/PO teams and SMD E/PO program officers • Explore and collect NASA Astrophysics E/PO resources you can use in your own E/PO • Discover how to participate in current and future SMD E/PO opportunities • Connect with other scientists interested in E/PO Slide 5: NASA SMD E/PO Grant Opportunities Presenter: James Lochner (James.C.Lochner[at]nasa.gov) URL: http://tinyurl.com/smd-epo-guides EPOESS: 1 to 4 year grants for projects in Formal and Informal Education, Higher Education, and Outreach. • No funding limit, but previous awards ~ $100K-$200K in first year.
    [Show full text]
  • Women of Goddard: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
    Women of Goddard: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engineering, Technology, Careers in Science, of Goddard: Women National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard of Parkinson, Millar, Thaller Millar, Parkinson, Careers in Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics Women www.nasa.gov Women of Goddard NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center IV&V, WV Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Greenbelt, Maryland, Main Campus Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia New York City Testing and Integration Facility, Greenbelt Home of Super Computing and Data Storage, Greenbelt GSFC’s new Sciences and Exploration Building, Greenbelt Women of Goddard: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Editors: Claire L. Parkinson, Pamela S. Millar, and Michelle Thaller Graphics and Layout: Jay S. Friedlander In Association with: The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, July 2011 Women of Goddard Careers in Foreword Science A century ago women in the United States could be schoolteachers and nurses but were largely excluded from the vast majority of other jobs that could Technology be classified as Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM careers). Some inroads were fortuitously made during World Wars I and II, when because of Engineering the number of men engaged in fighting overseas it became essential that women fill in on jobs of all types on the home front. However, many of these inroads Mathematics were lost after the wars ended and the men
    [Show full text]
  • Update December 2012
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration Update December 2012 jwst.nasa.gov Issue #14, December 2012 James Webb Space Telescope First Flight Mirrors Arrive At Goddard By Lee Feinberg The JWST program passed a major milestone Northrop Grumman, is responsible for the Webb’s recently as the first flight mirrors arrived at God- optical technology and lightweight mirror system. The dard Space Flight Center’s Space System Devel- mirrors that arrived at Goddard were shipped from opment and Integration Facility (SSDIF) clean- Ball Aerospace in custom containers designed spe- room. The first two flight Primary Mirror Segment cifically for the multiple trips the mirrors made through Assemblies (PMSAs), labeled A3 and B2, arrived at eight U.S. states while completing their manufactur- Goddard on September 17th. The mirror contain- ing. Each of the 18 hexagonal-shaped mirror assem- ers were lifted off the truck and moved into the blies that make up the primary mirror measures more SSDIF cleanroom. Once inside the cleanroom, the than 1.3 meters (4.2 feet) across, and weighs approxi- mirror containers were opened and an incoming mately 40 kilograms, or 88 pounds. JWST will be the inspection was performed on September 19th. first space astronomy observatory to use an actively- The mirrors were moved up onto the cleanroom controlled, segmented mirror. mezzanine where they are now being stored inside their shipping containers under dry nitrogen purge The third flight Primary Mirror Segment Assembly to keep them clean and dry until telescope assem- (PMSA) C3 and the flight Secondary Mirror Assembly bly begins. A video of the first mirror arrivals can (SMA) arrived at Goddard on November 5th.
    [Show full text]
  • Arxiv:1410.7398V3 [Astro-Ph.GA] 11 Feb 2015 Ihrslto,E.G., Resolution, High N Ihrslto Etfaeu Mgs(E.G., Images UV Rest-Frame High-Resolution 2011; Al
    DRAFT VERSION JUNE 18, 2018 Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v. 5/2/11 CLUMPY GALAXIES IN CANDELS. I. THE DEFINITION OF UV CLUMPS AND THE FRACTION OF CLUMPY GALAXIES AT 0.5 <Z< 3 1 2 3 1 4 5 YICHENG GUO ,HENRY C. FERGUSON ,ERIC F. BELL ,DAVID C. KOO ,CHRISTOPHER J. CONSELICE , MAURO GIAVALISCO , 2 6 2 7 8 9 2 SUSAN KASSIN ,YU LU ,RAY LUCAS ,NIR MANDELKER ,DANIEL M. MCINTOSH , JOEL R. PRIMACK ,SWARA RAVINDRANATH , 1 10 7 1 1 2 GUILLERMO BARRO ,DANIEL CEVERINO ,AVISHAI DEKEL ,SANDRA M. FABER , JEROME J. FANG ,ANTON M. KOEKEMOER , 2 11 12 12 KAI NOESKE , MARC RAFELSKI , , AMBER STRAUGHN 1 UCO/Lick Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA; [email protected] 2 Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA 3 Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK 5 Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA 6 Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford, CA, USA 7 Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 Israel 8 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA 9 Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA 10 Departamento de F´ısica Te´orica, Universidad Aut´onoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain 11 NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow and 12 Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA Draft version June 18, 2018 ABSTRACT Although giant clumps of stars are thought to be crucial to galaxy formation and evolution, the most basic demographics of clumps are still uncertain, mainly because the definition of clumps has not been thoroughly discussed.
    [Show full text]
  • NASA Postdoctoral Program
    NASA Postdoctoral Program The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) is supervised by Science Mission Directorate and managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) ORAU is a consortium of doctoral colleges and universities engaged in scientific research; the consortium includes 22 universities that comprise ORAU’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Education Institutions (HBCU/MEI) Council NPP Fellows work on specific research opportunities in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, astrobiology, and lunar science Applicants must have a PhD before beginning the fellowship; U.S. citizens and foreign nationals eligible for a J-1 visa may apply Once selected, NPP Fellows relocate to a NASA Center to conduct research with a NASA advisor Since 2005, NPP has received 1,054 applications (74% from men; 26% from women) Currently, NPP has 171 participants at 8 NASA Centers and various NASA Astrobiology Program sites JPL 34 ARC 29 NAI Number13 of Participants by Center GRC 8 MSFC (7) KSC ( 1) LaRC 10 JSC (5) JSC LaRC (10)5 HQ (1) MSFC 7 GRC (8) GSFC (62) HQ 1 KSCNAI (13) 1 Total 171 Mission Directorate SMD 143 NAI 13 ARMD ARC (29) 11 ESMD 4 JPL (34) SOMD 0 NPP Demographics Since 2005 Since 2005 . Number Comments Fellowships Awarded 574 46% were U.S. citizens Number of those 574 who were women 156 27% of all Fellows Number of women who were U.S. citizens 94 59% of all women 20% (but 17 women Number of women who were ethnic minorities 31 reported no data) 24% (but 66 men Number of men who
    [Show full text]
  • RAP2021 Proposal Guidelines
    Research Awards Program (RAP) A NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Project Sponsored by NASA & the Louisiana Board of Regents (BoR) With Technical & Management Support from the Louisiana NASA EPSCoR Team at LSU La NASA EPSCoR Management Office 364 Nicholson Hall, Department of Physics and Astronomy Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225.578.8697 | http://lanasaepscor.lsu.edu/ | [email protected] Revised, September 2020 All previous versions of this program’s guidelines are null and void. RAP Program Summary Page About the RAP The RAP sub-program is designed for those researchers who have made a NASA contact and are ready to take the next step of initiating a small project. This could involve almost any type of NASA relevant work, such as utilizing a specific NASA facility, employing NASA expertise, or building upon previous NASA work (akin to technology/knowledge transfer) or working with a NASA group on problems of common interest. In all cases, the Louisiana researcher must have the support of a NASA researcher and include a plan for developing a research partnership, and the proposal must clearly state which Mission Directorate this project aligns with. The goal here is to develop larger, longer-lasting collaborative projects that can transition to the next level. There are two components to the proposed RAP subprogram. Single Institution Projects (SIP) are designed to provide seed grants for R&D that have a demonstrated tie-in to a NASA priority. Projects are open to any area relevant to NASA's mission. Each project proposal must include a NASA Collaboration Development Plan that describes what effort has already been, and will be, undertaken to establish a partnership with one or more NASA researchers.
    [Show full text]
  • A Lyman Break Galaxy in the Epoch of Reionization from Hubble Space Telescope Grism Spectroscopy
    The Astrophysical Journal, 773:32 (7pp), 2013 August 10 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/32 C 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. A LYMAN BREAK GALAXY IN THE EPOCH OF REIONIZATION FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY James E. Rhoads1, Sangeeta Malhotra1, Daniel Stern2, Mark Dickinson3, Norbert Pirzkal4, Hyron Spinrad5, Naveen Reddy6, Nimish Hathi7, Norman Grogin4, Anton Koekemoer4, Michael A. Peth4,8, Seth Cohen1, Zhenya Zheng1, Tamas Budavari8, Ignacio Ferreras9, Jonathan P. Gardner10, Caryl Gronwall11, Zoltan Haiman12, Martin Kummel¨ 13, Gerhardt Meurer14, Leonidas Moustakas2, Nino Panagia4,15,16, Anna Pasquali17, Kailash Sahu4, Sperello di Serego Alighieri18, Rachel Somerville19, Amber Straughn10, Jeremy Walsh20, Rogier Windhorst1, Chun Xu21, and Haojing Yan22 1 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; [email protected] 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA 3 National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, USA 4 Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA 5 University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA 6 University of California, Riverside, CA, USA 7 Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena, CA, USA 8 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA 9 Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK 10 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, Observational Cosmology Laboratory, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA 11 Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, and Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA 12 Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 13 Universitats-Sternwarte¨ Munchen,¨ Scheinerstr.
    [Show full text]