Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100851

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100851

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stellar populations in Globular Clusters: insights in to Galaxy assembly. This project aims to advance our knowledge of globular clusters. The study of the newly discovered generations of stars in globular clusters constitutes a modern branch of stellar and galactic astrophysics. The project plans to provide a chemical characterisation of the multiple stellar populations present in globular clusters, and explore the nature of these ancient stellar systems and their possible connection with dwarf galaxies. The outcome of this research may help us understand the formation mechanisms of the Milky Way and the contribution of globular clusters to the galactic halo assembly, and may open unexpected solutions for the ‘missing satellites problem’ – the lack of low-mass galaxies compared to the predictions of the Big Bang model.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $323,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Galactic Astronomy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Galactic Astronomy

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