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Collaborative Research: Near Field Population Synthesis — NSF Award to Carnegie Mellon University (PA, $240,810)

The final stages in the evolution of the most massive stars play a crucial role in astrophysics, injecting energy and enriched metals into the interstellar medium, and producing compact objects – neutron stars, black holes, and the wide range of transient phenomena associated with them. The predictive power of theoreti

Award titleCollaborative Research: Near Field Population Synthesis
Award ID2511541
AwardeeCarnegie Mellon University
CityPITTSBURGH
StatePA
Amount obligated$240,810
Principal investigatorKatelyn Breivik
ProgramGALACTIC ASTRONOMY PROGRAM
Start date09/01/2025
AbstractThe final stages in the evolution of the most massive stars play a crucial role in astrophysics, injecting energy and enriched metals into the interstellar medium, and producing compact objects – neutron stars, black holes, and the wide range of transient phenomena associated with them. The predictive power of theoretical models for massive stars, however, is severely limited by the large uncertainties associated with this regime of stellar evolution. The project will constrain some of the most
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