Observational Galactic Chemodynamics (A05)

• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2011 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 138713538

We continue to focus on the chemodynamical evolution of the Galactic disks. We will use variable stars with known ages as tracers of shape and time evolution of the age-dependent radial and vertical abundance gradients of the thin and thick disks, and field stars as well as star clus-ters as tracers of the disk-bulge-halo interface in the inner regions of the Milky Way. We will combine abundances from own spectroscopic follow-up with chemistry, kinematics, and 6-D phase space information from Gaia and advanced panoramic spectroscopic surveys like SDSS-V, which we plan to join through CRC funds.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 881: The Milky Way System
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Project Heads: Dr. Maria Bergemann, from 1/2015 until 12/2018; Professor Dr. Norbert Christlieb, until 12/2014; Professorin Dr. Eva K. Grebel; Privatdozent Dr. Andreas Koch, since 1/2019; Professor Dr. Andreas Quirrenbach, until 12/2014