Star and planetary system assembly with the VAMPIRES instrument

了解地球和太阳系的起源是当代天文学面临的具有里程碑意义的挑战之一。该项目将委托吸血鬼仪器，这将打开一扇独特的窗口，了解遥远恒星周围的行星托儿所。这些尘土飞扬的圆盘会受到围绕其中运行的任何新生行星的干扰，从而产生几个微妙的信号，我们的仪器就是为了读取这些信号而设计的。这些数据将对我们理解行星组合做出重要贡献。在系统演化的结构变化开始之前，揭示原始状态，可以告知人们对系外系统结构和遥远恒星周围有生命存在的可能性的预期。

Understanding the origins of the Earth and our Solar System comprises one of the landmark challenges for contemporary astronomy. This project will commission the VAMPIRES instrument which will open a unique window upon planetary nurseries around distant stars. These dusty disks will be perturbed by any newborn planets orbiting within causing several subtle signatures which our instrument is designed to read. Such data will make a critical contribution to our understanding of planetary assembly. Revealing the primordial state, before the onset of structural changes as the system evolves, informs expectations for exoplanetary system architecture and for the chance that life is harboured around distant stars.