Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102235

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

The Fundamental Physics of Galaxy Formation. The project plans to develop new insights into how galaxies form. Although galaxies appear to be complex systems, recent results have demonstrated the importance of fundamental physical quantities – angular momentum and gas fraction – in driving the appearance and basic properties of galaxies. The project plans to use a two-pronged theoretical and observational approach to incorporate these in cosmological models of galaxy formation and test key predictions against new generations of galaxy surveys. Australia has established a technological lead in the first large-scale systematic survey of galaxy angular momentum (the SAMI survey) and the project plans to test the evolutionary predictions by observing gas-rich high-redshift galaxies and local analogues using SAMI data.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-03-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $560,800.00

Funder: Australian Research Council