How galactic mergers and their stellar survivors shaped our Milky Way

星系合并及其恒星幸存者如何塑造我们的银河系

• 批准号: DE240100150
• 负责人: Dr Sven Buder
• 金额: $ 31.79万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240100150
• 关键词: How; galactic; mergers; their; stellar

This project aims to investigate the role of mergers with smaller galaxies in shaping the Milky Way by developing tools to identify stellar survivors of mergers. This project expects to produce an all-sky map of stellar survivors based on the largest search within Australian and international survey data and perform innovative comparisons with simulations to constrain the role of mergers. Expected outcomes are aligned with the decadal plan for Australian astronomy and can open new avenues for global astronomy and contracts for upcoming billion-dollar surveys. The project should cement Australia’s role as a leader in a new era of galactic exploration and provide benefits beyond astronomy by training Australians to assess complex big data.

该项目旨在通过开发识别合并中的恒星幸存者的工具，研究较小星系的合并在塑造银河系中的作用。该项目预计将根据澳大利亚和国际范围内最大规模的搜索，调查并制作一张恒星幸存者的全天空地图。调查数据并与模拟进行创新比较，以限制合并的作用。预期结果与澳大利亚天文学的十年计划一致，可以为全球天文学和即将到来的数十亿美元的调查合同开辟新的途径。澳大利亚作为银河探索新时代的领导者，通过培训澳大利亚人评估复杂的大数据，提供天文学以外的好处。