Spain, Oct. 18 -- Project Id: 75648
Description: Grant agreement ID: 745617
Status
Ongoing project
Start date
1 April 2018
End date
21 August 2020
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.3.2.
Overall budget:
€ 170 121,60
EU contribution
€ 170 121,60
Objective
Some astrophysical mechanisms that are crucial for the evolution of our Galaxy, and of galaxies in general, like the assemblage of the Galactic halo, the spiral arms dynamics, and the star formation processes, are poorly understood. But this research field is on the verge of an important breakthrough thanks to the ESA Gaia mission that is gathering an unprecedented census of positions, distances, velocities and stellar properties for a billion stars. Now it is time that the...