The Chemistry of the Milky Way: From Micro- to Macro-Physics

银河系的化学：从微观到宏观物理。早期宇宙中星系形成的物理学正在推动下一代太空望远镜和平方公里阵列等数十亿美元投资的发展。我们的研究小组正在采取一种补充性的“近场宇宙学”方法，系统地解构宇宙中的一个星系-我们自己的银河系，对于这个星系，仍然可以在逐个星星的基础上观察到其形成的精致的化学和运动学“指纹”。计算宇宙学，星系演化和恒星核合成之间的独特协同作用，我们的团队固有的，使澳大利亚处于理论星系形成研究的最前沿，除了观测界已经享有的领导作用。

The Chemistry of the Milky Way: From Micro- to Macro-Physics. The physics of galaxy formation in the early Universe is driving the development of billion-dollar investments such as the Next Generation Space Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array. Our team is undertaking a complementary `near-field cosmology' approach, systematically deconstructing the one galaxy in the Universe for which exquisite chemical and kinematical `fingerprints' of its formation remain observable on an individual star-by-star basis - our own Milky Way. The unique synergy between computational cosmology, galaxy evolution, and stellar nucleosynthesis, intrinsic to our team, allows Australia to be at the forefront of theoretical galaxy formation research, in addition to the leadership role the observational community already enjoys.