A Network of Workstations to Support Research in Astronomy  and Astrophysics
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This award provides partial funding for a network of workstations               that will be used to support research programs in observational                 and theoretical astrophysics at the University of Pittsburgh.                   The balance of the funding will be provided by matching funds                   from the University.  The research program will center on Quasi-                Stellar Objects (QSOs):  the identification of new samples of                   QSOs, the understanding of the Physical mechanisms operating                    within QSOs that produce their enormous energy output, and the                  use of background QSOs to probe the sight lines through matter                  located at very high redshifts, reflecting the conditions in the                early universe.                                                                                                                                                 Based around a file server and several powerful client                          workstations with image display capability, this system will be                 capable of running standard astronomical data reduction packages,               thereby reducing the cost of software development.  It will also                provide a powerful interface to supercomputers for more general                 scientific computing and modelling tasks.
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{'Code': '1218', 'Text': 'ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & INSTRM'}
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