CAREER: WySCH: The Wyoming Survey for Cosmological H-alpha

University Of Wyoming, Laramie WY

Investigators

Abstract

AST 0348990 Dale Dr. Daniel Dale, at the University of Wyoming, will undertake a program to develop a better understanding of how normal star-forming galaxies evolve, and to convey his passion for astrophysics to the next generation of laypeople and scientists. To accomplish these goals, he will carry out an extensive survey for Ha-emitting galaxies at multiple epochs over the latter half of the Universe, with the aim of conclusively determining the strength of the evolution in the cosmic star formation rate density since z ~0.8, and to quantify any dependencies on environment. In the process, the PI will train undergraduates, graduate students, and a postdoctoral student, and develop a research infrastructure for Wyoming's public education system.