Calibrating Cosmology: The Near-Field Approach to Galaxy Formation

校准宇宙学：星系形成的近场方法。了解早期宇宙结构的形成和演化仍然困扰着天文学家。研究这些最早的时代是数十亿美元投资的驱动力，如下一代太空望远镜和平方公里阵列（澳大利亚是主要合作伙伴）。我们互补的“近场宇宙学”项目是独一无二的，融合了计算宇宙学，恒星核合成和光学天文学的优势，以“解构”具有详细化学和运动学信息的星系的形成历史-我们自己的银河系。结合理论和观测，宇宙学和核合成，我们将产生星系形成的模板，为“远场”宇宙学提供锚。

Calibrating Cosmology: The Near-Field Approach to Galaxy Formation. Understanding the formation and evolution of structure in the early Universe continues to elude astronomers. Studying these earliest epochs is the driver for billion-dollar investments like the Next Generation Space Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array (with Australia as a primary partner). Our complementary 'near-field cosmology' project is unique, blending strengths in computational cosmology, stellar nucleosynthesis, and optical astronomy, to 'deconstruct' the formation history of the one galaxy with detailed chemical and kinematical information - our own Milky Way. Combining theory and observation, cosmology and nucleosynthesis, we will produce the template for galaxy formation, providing the anchor for 'far-field' cosmology.