This award from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $596,139 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to investigate the co-evolution of galaxies and their satellite populations. The team will leverage their expertise in modeling sub-halo dynamics and the flow of mass, energy, and metals between galaxies and the surrounding circumgalactic medium to create...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) was awarded a three-year, $527,708 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds global kinetic modeling and particle-in-cell simulations by Columbia University researchers to better understand the intrabinary shock in "spider pulsars," which are rapidly rotating neutron stars in...
Columbia University was awarded a $337,146 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into mass/momentum beyond classical gravity and submanifolds of higher codimensions from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of major...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $270,893 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WOU-MMA: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FLUID AND PLASMA SCALES IN AGN JETS." The three-year award, issued September 1, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2024, will support collaborative research between Columbia University and other institutions to advance understanding of the major...
This $557,211 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences supports research to better understand the multi-phase, multi-scale circumgalactic medium (CGM) - the diffuse gas surrounding galaxies. The principal investigator will conduct high-resolution computer simulations to study the physics underlying the formation, evolution, and properties of galactic atmospheres and clouds, with a focus on turbulent fragmentation, magnetic field effects,...
This $590,559 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support a three-year research program led by Columbia University. The program aims to perform computer simulations that predict the radiation emitted from neutron star winds and how it propagates through the debris of stellar explosions. The research will also apply these calculations to spinning neutron stars created from the merger of...
This three-year, $292,265 National Science Foundation project grant funds research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CDS & E: COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS WITH MACHINE LEARNING SIMULATIONS (CAMELS) TO MAXIMIZE THE SCIENCE RETURN OF NEXT GENERATION COSMOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS" through the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The Trustees of Columbia University in New York will utilize machine learning techniques to conduct cosmological simulations that support...
Columbia University will receive $173,161 from the National Science Foundation over two years under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Project Grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support the Center for Backyard Astrophysics' monitoring of cataclysmic variable stars. Led by Principal Investigator Joseph Patterson, the Center coordinates a worldwide collaboration of amateur and professional astronomers to precisely measure orbital and disk precession periods for approximately 120 cataclysmic...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $733,325 Project Grant to Yale University through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support an extended suite of cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical simulations to resolve the filaments and intergalactic medium (IGM) and accurately model their evolution. This research aims to provide a detailed understanding of how gas accretion from the cosmic web fuels star formation and drives the evolution of galaxies,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences Project Grant award of $449,288 will fund a 3-year research program at Columbia University to investigate variations in planet formation conditions. The research will utilize radio telescopes to analyze the structure and chemistry of protoplanetary disks around young stars, particularly in environments that have been less characterized. Specific objectives include comparing the chemical properties of disks undergoing late...