Reconstructing the Magellanic Clouds Star Formation History from a Digital UBVI Photometric Survey

基于数字UBVI光度测量重建麦哲伦星云恒星形成历史的AST-9619576扎里茨基博士将研究麦哲伦星云在全球和空间上的恒星形成历史，以便更好地了解星系的总体演化，特别是麦哲伦星云的详细演化。这项工作将产生麦哲伦星云的第一次大规模UBVI数字调查，以建立基于单个恒星光度测定和利用星系综合特性的星系演化研究的桥梁。这项研究的结果有望为星系演化研究提供根本性的进展，并为检验演化模型提供必要的经验约束。=====================================

AST-9619576 Reconstructing the Magellanic Clouds Star Formation History from a Digital UBVI Photometric Survey. Dr. Zaritsky will investigate the global and spatially resolved star formation history of the Magellanic Clouds in order to better understand the evolution of galaxies in general and the detailed evolution of the Clouds in particular. This work will produce the first large-scale UBVI digital survey of the Magellanic Clouds to bridge studies of galaxy evolution that are based on photometry of individual stars and those that utilize integrated properties of galaxies. The results of this research are expected to provide a fundamental advance in the study of galaxy evolution and provide the empirical constraints necessary to test evolutionary models. =====================================