The Earliest Generations of Stars and Galaxies in the Universe

AST-0302148 Santos，MichaelDr.迈克尔桑托斯将他的数学和物理科学杰出国际博士后研究奖学金，在英国剑桥大学。他将研究超过120亿年前在我们的宇宙中形成的第一批恒星和星系的性质。我们银河系和太阳的这些原始前体是理解我们宇宙中发光结构随后组装的关键，但很难直接观察。 然而，年轻的宇宙在某种程度上比我们现在看到的更简单，这使得它可以进行理论研究。 他的研究将集中在第一个星系如何相互作用以及它们周围的宇宙的许多未探索的方面。 特别是，他将研究最小的星系，因为这些都是“矿井中的金丝雀”，早期物理过程的最敏感的探针，以及像我们自己的银河系这样的星系的直接祖先。他的研究方法将结合分析和数值理论，明确侧重于指导和解释当前和未来的观测。 ***

AST-0302148Santos, MichaelDr. Michael Santos will take his Mathematical and Physical Sciences Distinguished International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He will study the properties of the first stars and galaxies to form in our universe, more than twelve billion years ago. These primordial precursors of our galaxy and Sun are key in understanding the subsequent assembly of luminous structure in our universe, but are difficult to observe directly. However, the young universe was in some ways a simpler place than what we see now, making it accessible to theoretical studies. His research will focus on many unexplored aspects of how the first galaxies interacted with each other and the universe around them. In particular, he will study the smallest galaxies, because these are both "canaries in the mineshaft," the most sensitive probes of early physical processes, and the direct ancestors of galaxies like our own Milky Way. His research techniques will incorporate analytic and numerical theory, with a clear focus on guiding and interpreting current and future observations. ***