Understanding diversity: chemical and kinematic tracers of galaxy evolution

了解星系是如何在整个宇宙中形成和演化的是天体物理学中最大的突出挑战之一。该项目旨在开发一种创新的方法，以了解各种星系的角动量和化学成分的基本属性。该项目希望在星系演化领域产生新的知识，首次使天文学家能够有力地比较遥远的、很久以前的星系和邻近的今天的宇宙中的星系。预期的结果包括一个基于基础物理学的确定星系形态的新框架。该框架将对理解包括我们自己的银河系在内的不同类型星系的演化非常有益。

Understanding how galaxies form and evolve throughout the Universe is one of the biggest outstanding challenges in astrophysics. The project aims to develop an innovative method for understanding the fundamental properties of angular momentum and chemical content of all kinds of galaxies. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the field of galaxy evolution, for the first time enabling astronomers to robustly compare distant, long-ago galaxies with those in the nearby, present-day Universe. Expected outcomes include a novel framework for determining galaxy morphology, based on fundamental physics. The framework will be highly beneficial to understanding the evolution of diverse types of galaxies, including our own Milky Way.