Stellar populations, Galaxy formation and Large-scale structure

我们请求根据与法国的谅解备忘录，继续开展卓有成效的天体物理学合作研究方案，该方案再次由法国国家科学研究中心提供资金，用于2004年，并在澳大利亚提供同等资助之前，也用于2005和2006年。这将进一步加强澳大利亚和法国研究人员在天体物理学关键领域的现有联系，这些领域具有互补优势。之前的支持使澳大利亚和法国的天文学家能够在广泛的重要领域建立成功的合作关系，包括理论、测量天文学(澳大利亚的一个关键优势)、特殊观测技术和大型观测计划，其中许多利用了新一代8M望远镜。

We request renewed support under the MoU with France to continue a fruitful cooperative research programme in astrophysics which has again been funded by the French CNRS for 2004 and, pending Australian equivalence, also for 2005 and 2006. This will further strengthen existing links in key areas of astrophysics where Australian and French researchers have complementary strengths. Previous support has enabled Australian and French astronomers to build successful collaborations across a broad range of important areas encompassing theory, survey astronomy (a key Australian strength), special observational techniques and large-scale observational programmes, many making use of the new generation of 8m telescopes.