Ancient and Recent Galaxy Mergers

碰撞和合并似乎在 决定了现今星系的形状和动力学。 一些合并仍在发生，并提供了有价值的线索 过去的进化过程。 追溯古代的合并 因发现合并而变得可行 波纹、尾巴、X结构等特征， 在早期星系中旋转的核心。 在这项补助金中进行的研究将是一项 一项观察研究计划，旨在研究 星系碰撞和合并的过程。 首席研究员被认为是世界领先的， 这个研究领域。

Collisions and mergers seem to have played a major role in determining the shapes and dynamics of present-day galaxies. A few mergers are still occurring and offer valuable clues to past evolutionary processes. Dating ancient mergers has become feasible because of the discovery of merger signatures such as ripples, tails, X-structures, and oddly rotating cores in earlytype galaxies. The research to be carried out in this grant will be a program of observational research aimed at studying the process of collisions and mergers of galaxies. The Principal Investigator is regarded as a world leader in this research area.