BRIdging Disciplines of Galactic Chemical Evolution (BRIDGCE) Consortium 2021-2024
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Hertfordshire
Department Name: School of Physics, Astronomy and Maths
Abstract
"How did the Universe begin and evolve" is one of the three science challenges identified in the STFC Astronomy Programme. We address this question by modelling physical processes from the micro (nuclear, stellar) to the macro scales (galactic, cosmological), studying the ionising and chemical feedback from stars and the wider context of galaxy formation.
The BRIDGCE consortium is a multidisciplinary collaboration between nuclear, stellar and extra-galactic astrophysicists, which aims to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the Universe from the era of reionisation up to now, using chemical elements as fingerprints of the physical processes that occur in stars and galaxies. Elements heavier than helium are produced in stars and supernovae on different timescales, and the stellar populations and interstellar medium within galaxies keep a record of star formation and chemical enrichment histories of galaxies. Therefore, it is also possible to constrain galaxy formation theory from the observed elemental abundances, and to do this more accurately we need to understand stellar and nuclear Astrophysics. Moreover, the discovery of gravitational waves (GW) has opened a new window to the Universe, allowing us to observe the formation of black holes and neutron stars more directly than ever before. GWs can provide independent new constraints on stellar winds, evolution, and stellar deaths via black hole remnants, and the seeds of super-massive black holes in galaxies.
The development of high-performance computing enables us to study the theory of stars and galaxies self-consistently: we simulate how stars lose mass via stellar winds prior to supernovae explosions (Project-1); we simulate the full evolution of stars in one-dimension (1D) and compute 3D scans of their interiors (Project-2). Furthermore, by combining stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis to galactic dynamical evolution, we reproduce the entire chemodynamical history of local dwarf galaxies (Project-3) and of the Milky Way (Project-4). Our research addresses some of the key questions of 21st century Astronomy: How black holes and neutron stars are formed (Projects 1 & 2)?, How many GW events will be detected in future missions?, and How we can trace the evolution of the Universe from GWs (Project-5)?
Nuclear data (nuclear reaction rates in particular) are a key input for stellar evolution models since nuclear reactions provide the energy that powers stars. This information determines stellar lifetimes and the composition of their ejecta. Stars provide important feedback into galaxies through the light they radiate, their powerful winds and explosions, and all the chemical elements they produce. The outputs of stellar models are thus key ingredients for galactic chemical evolution models. These models follow successive episodes of star formation and trace the history of the enrichment of the elements. The model predictions can then be compared to observations of stars, stellar populations, and the inter-stellar medium that carries the chemical fingerprints of the cumulative chemical enrichment that preceded their birth. Comparison to observations can thus constrain both the galactic and stellar properties. Finally, most stars are not born on their own, but may instead evolve interacting with a companion. Although this has been known for decades, the impact of binarity on galaxy evolution is poorly known.
In the BRIDGCE 2021-2024 grant, our galaxy experts will explore this new scientific problem together with our stellar experts. Our consortium project applies innovative techniques across different disciplines and tackles this challenge through 5 projects corresponding to very different physical scales: stellar envelopes (Project-1), stellar cores (Project-2), local dwarf galaxies (Project-3), the Milky Way (Project-4), and the Universe as a whole (Project-5). These impact many areas of Astrophysics as well as Cosmology & Nuclear Physics.
The BRIDGCE consortium is a multidisciplinary collaboration between nuclear, stellar and extra-galactic astrophysicists, which aims to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the Universe from the era of reionisation up to now, using chemical elements as fingerprints of the physical processes that occur in stars and galaxies. Elements heavier than helium are produced in stars and supernovae on different timescales, and the stellar populations and interstellar medium within galaxies keep a record of star formation and chemical enrichment histories of galaxies. Therefore, it is also possible to constrain galaxy formation theory from the observed elemental abundances, and to do this more accurately we need to understand stellar and nuclear Astrophysics. Moreover, the discovery of gravitational waves (GW) has opened a new window to the Universe, allowing us to observe the formation of black holes and neutron stars more directly than ever before. GWs can provide independent new constraints on stellar winds, evolution, and stellar deaths via black hole remnants, and the seeds of super-massive black holes in galaxies.
The development of high-performance computing enables us to study the theory of stars and galaxies self-consistently: we simulate how stars lose mass via stellar winds prior to supernovae explosions (Project-1); we simulate the full evolution of stars in one-dimension (1D) and compute 3D scans of their interiors (Project-2). Furthermore, by combining stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis to galactic dynamical evolution, we reproduce the entire chemodynamical history of local dwarf galaxies (Project-3) and of the Milky Way (Project-4). Our research addresses some of the key questions of 21st century Astronomy: How black holes and neutron stars are formed (Projects 1 & 2)?, How many GW events will be detected in future missions?, and How we can trace the evolution of the Universe from GWs (Project-5)?
Nuclear data (nuclear reaction rates in particular) are a key input for stellar evolution models since nuclear reactions provide the energy that powers stars. This information determines stellar lifetimes and the composition of their ejecta. Stars provide important feedback into galaxies through the light they radiate, their powerful winds and explosions, and all the chemical elements they produce. The outputs of stellar models are thus key ingredients for galactic chemical evolution models. These models follow successive episodes of star formation and trace the history of the enrichment of the elements. The model predictions can then be compared to observations of stars, stellar populations, and the inter-stellar medium that carries the chemical fingerprints of the cumulative chemical enrichment that preceded their birth. Comparison to observations can thus constrain both the galactic and stellar properties. Finally, most stars are not born on their own, but may instead evolve interacting with a companion. Although this has been known for decades, the impact of binarity on galaxy evolution is poorly known.
In the BRIDGCE 2021-2024 grant, our galaxy experts will explore this new scientific problem together with our stellar experts. Our consortium project applies innovative techniques across different disciplines and tackles this challenge through 5 projects corresponding to very different physical scales: stellar envelopes (Project-1), stellar cores (Project-2), local dwarf galaxies (Project-3), the Milky Way (Project-4), and the Universe as a whole (Project-5). These impact many areas of Astrophysics as well as Cosmology & Nuclear Physics.
Planned Impact
Societal Impact including Public Engagement
BRIDGCE science spans enormous scales from the very small (nuclei) to the very large (stars, galaxies, and the Universe). Furthermore we utilise state-of-the-art technology, from international accelerator facilities such as CERN to study nuclear reaction rates to large scale high-performance computing facilities such as DiRAC to generate evolving simulations of astronomical objects like stars and galaxies. Our consortium thus has a unique opportunity for societal impact and building public support for science by capturing the imagination of non-scientists, addressing life's big questions and enthuse the next generation of scientists. Our impact is achieved in several ways: public engagement, teacher training, interactions with the media and promoting equality and diversity.
All of our institutions have been regularly running public engagement events, namely at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP), University of Hertfordshire Observatory at Bayfordbury, Keele Observatory, Keele Stardome inflatable planetarium, and the National Schools Observatory (NSO) at LJMU. Murphy is co-leading the STFC Public Engagement Sparks award Remote^3. All of our institutions also have dedicated links with local schools. Two particularly effective routes are specialised teacher training days which are organised regularly at York in conjunction with the National STEM Science Learning Centre, and Hertfordshire's full-time Outreach and Public Engagement (OPE) officer whose work is integrated with the SEPnet and Ogden Trust OPE programmes.
All of BRIDGCE members are active public speakers and we frequently appear in the media. For example, Kobayashi featured on ANA flight entertainment to show her galaxy simulations. Laird spoke on BBC Radio 4, Murphy frequently speaks at science events, and Vink regularly speaks to the Dublin and Belfast amateur societies.
Societal Impact and Evaluation Plan
A coordinated approach to OPE will be undertaken within BRIDGCE, highlighting the synergies between computational hydrodynamics, nuclear and stellar astrophysics, and Big Data exploitation. In particular, we will develop new animations from our large-scale simulations to: engage the public in a fun and interactive way, enhance the content of outreach at our respective institutions and to inspire the next generations of scientists. Our team members will then engage with the public via the various channels available at our institutions listed above (observatory visits, teacher training, media interactions, stardome sessions). We will design our engagement activities with an interactive two-way communication framework in mind and assess the effectiveness of our impact using participants evaluation questionnaires. Furthermore, in cooperation with ChETEC and IReNA networks, we will contribute the results of our research projects (e.g. stellar yields, GCE models) to a periodic table phone App, which will include the origin of the chemical elements.
Economic Impact
While blue skies sciences do not have direct economic impact, the team members we train often enter highly-skilled jobs. A strong societal and economic impact of our consortium is thus in the form of enhancing the UK human capital via frontiers scientific research. Furthermore, Hirschi has set up in the framework of the ChETEC COST Action support for inter-sectoral activities that would emerge from scientific projects or support for technological input into research project via a dedicated working group (no 4), and Ryan is translating astrophysical expertise directly into biomedical imaging research (e.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55769-5).
BRIDGCE science spans enormous scales from the very small (nuclei) to the very large (stars, galaxies, and the Universe). Furthermore we utilise state-of-the-art technology, from international accelerator facilities such as CERN to study nuclear reaction rates to large scale high-performance computing facilities such as DiRAC to generate evolving simulations of astronomical objects like stars and galaxies. Our consortium thus has a unique opportunity for societal impact and building public support for science by capturing the imagination of non-scientists, addressing life's big questions and enthuse the next generation of scientists. Our impact is achieved in several ways: public engagement, teacher training, interactions with the media and promoting equality and diversity.
All of our institutions have been regularly running public engagement events, namely at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP), University of Hertfordshire Observatory at Bayfordbury, Keele Observatory, Keele Stardome inflatable planetarium, and the National Schools Observatory (NSO) at LJMU. Murphy is co-leading the STFC Public Engagement Sparks award Remote^3. All of our institutions also have dedicated links with local schools. Two particularly effective routes are specialised teacher training days which are organised regularly at York in conjunction with the National STEM Science Learning Centre, and Hertfordshire's full-time Outreach and Public Engagement (OPE) officer whose work is integrated with the SEPnet and Ogden Trust OPE programmes.
All of BRIDGCE members are active public speakers and we frequently appear in the media. For example, Kobayashi featured on ANA flight entertainment to show her galaxy simulations. Laird spoke on BBC Radio 4, Murphy frequently speaks at science events, and Vink regularly speaks to the Dublin and Belfast amateur societies.
Societal Impact and Evaluation Plan
A coordinated approach to OPE will be undertaken within BRIDGCE, highlighting the synergies between computational hydrodynamics, nuclear and stellar astrophysics, and Big Data exploitation. In particular, we will develop new animations from our large-scale simulations to: engage the public in a fun and interactive way, enhance the content of outreach at our respective institutions and to inspire the next generations of scientists. Our team members will then engage with the public via the various channels available at our institutions listed above (observatory visits, teacher training, media interactions, stardome sessions). We will design our engagement activities with an interactive two-way communication framework in mind and assess the effectiveness of our impact using participants evaluation questionnaires. Furthermore, in cooperation with ChETEC and IReNA networks, we will contribute the results of our research projects (e.g. stellar yields, GCE models) to a periodic table phone App, which will include the origin of the chemical elements.
Economic Impact
While blue skies sciences do not have direct economic impact, the team members we train often enter highly-skilled jobs. A strong societal and economic impact of our consortium is thus in the form of enhancing the UK human capital via frontiers scientific research. Furthermore, Hirschi has set up in the framework of the ChETEC COST Action support for inter-sectoral activities that would emerge from scientific projects or support for technological input into research project via a dedicated working group (no 4), and Ryan is translating astrophysical expertise directly into biomedical imaging research (e.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55769-5).
Organisations
- University of Hertfordshire (Lead Research Organisation)
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (Collaboration)
- KEELE UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Anglo Australian Observatory (Collaboration)
- Subaru Telescope (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Paris Institute of Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- Canada France Hawaii Telescope (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Australian Research Council (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- Australian National University (ANU) (Collaboration)
- Armagh Observatory (Collaboration)
- University of Hull (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- University of Tokyo (Collaboration)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- Liverpool John Moores University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Monash University (Collaboration)
- Konkoly Observatory (Collaboration)
Publications
Aguado D
(2021)
Elevated r-process Enrichment in Gaia Sausage and Sequoia*
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Arnaboldi M
(2022)
The survey of planetary nebulae in Andromeda (M31) V. Chemical enrichment of the thin and thicker discs of Andromeda: Oxygen to argon abundance ratios for planetary nebulae and HII regions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bhattacharya S
(2024)
The Andromeda Galaxy's Last Major Merger: Constraints from the survey of Planetary Nebulae
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Bhattacharya S
(2022)
The survey of planetary nebulae in Andromeda (M31) - IV. Radial oxygen and argon abundance gradients of the thin and thicker disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buder S
(2022)
The GALAH Survey: chemical tagging and chrono-chemodynamics of accreted halo stars with GALAH+ DR3 and Gaia eDR3
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buder S
(2021)
The GALAH+ survey: Third data release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burgarella D
(2021)
Space Project for Astrophysical and Cosmological Exploration (SPACE), an ESA stand-alone mission and a possible contribution to the Origins Space Telescope
in Experimental Astronomy
Cescutti G
(2021)
Barium lines in high-quality spectra of two metal-poor giants in the Galactic halo
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chen B
(2023)
Chemical evolution with radial mixing redux: a detailed model for formation and evolution of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dayal P
(2022)
The ALMA REBELS survey: the dust content of z ~ 7 Lyman break galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Description | 2021-2022 Calendar: Women Scientists Who Made Nuclear Astrophysics |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
Impact | This calendar is distributed to not only young female scholars but also general public, and will have a great impact on EDI in research and education. |
URL | https://cloud.konkoly.hu/s/pBLJtG2CFyF66Df |
Description | KICC Medium-term Visitor Grant |
Amount | £12,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship "Birth of Elements" |
Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2021 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Astro3D - The ARC Centre of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions |
Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is invited to become an affiliate member of the ARC Centre of Excellent Astro3D in 2020, to provide my experties of chemical evolution of galaxies, and have contrbuted >10 journal papers as a co-author. |
Collaborator Contribution | (1) Philip Taylor (ANU) is Kobayashi's former PhD student in 2011-2015, has been runnig cosmological simulations, and led several papers. (2) Lisa Kewley is a supervisor of Taylor, and contributed for scientific discussion in Taylor's papers. (3) David Yong and Gary Da Costa (ANU) provide observational data, which led a Nature paper in 2021. (4) Amanda Karakas (Monash) has been a close collaborator since 2008 and is a co-author of recent paper in 2020. (5) Ilya Mandel provides binary population synthesis models for a paper in prepration. |
Impact | >10 journal papers are publishd and submitted (see publications) including Yong et al. 2021, Nature. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Astro3D - The ARC Centre of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions |
Organisation | Australian Research Council |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is invited to become an affiliate member of the ARC Centre of Excellent Astro3D in 2020, to provide my experties of chemical evolution of galaxies, and have contrbuted >10 journal papers as a co-author. |
Collaborator Contribution | (1) Philip Taylor (ANU) is Kobayashi's former PhD student in 2011-2015, has been runnig cosmological simulations, and led several papers. (2) Lisa Kewley is a supervisor of Taylor, and contributed for scientific discussion in Taylor's papers. (3) David Yong and Gary Da Costa (ANU) provide observational data, which led a Nature paper in 2021. (4) Amanda Karakas (Monash) has been a close collaborator since 2008 and is a co-author of recent paper in 2020. (5) Ilya Mandel provides binary population synthesis models for a paper in prepration. |
Impact | >10 journal papers are publishd and submitted (see publications) including Yong et al. 2021, Nature. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Astro3D - The ARC Centre of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions |
Organisation | Monash University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is invited to become an affiliate member of the ARC Centre of Excellent Astro3D in 2020, to provide my experties of chemical evolution of galaxies, and have contrbuted >10 journal papers as a co-author. |
Collaborator Contribution | (1) Philip Taylor (ANU) is Kobayashi's former PhD student in 2011-2015, has been runnig cosmological simulations, and led several papers. (2) Lisa Kewley is a supervisor of Taylor, and contributed for scientific discussion in Taylor's papers. (3) David Yong and Gary Da Costa (ANU) provide observational data, which led a Nature paper in 2021. (4) Amanda Karakas (Monash) has been a close collaborator since 2008 and is a co-author of recent paper in 2020. (5) Ilya Mandel provides binary population synthesis models for a paper in prepration. |
Impact | >10 journal papers are publishd and submitted (see publications) including Yong et al. 2021, Nature. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | Armagh Observatory and Planetarium |
Department | Armagh Observatory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | Keele University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Hull |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Surrey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | BRIDGCE consortium: BRIdge the Disciplines related to the Galactic Chemical Evolution |
Organisation | University of York |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi became the chair of this STFC-funded consortium in 2019, and is organizing annual meetings and initiating consortium grand application for STFC. Gabriele Cescutti was the STFC-funded PDRA in 2015/16, and Fiorenzo Vincenzo was in 2017/2019, both were working with Kobayashi at Univ. of Hertfordshire. |
Collaborator Contribution | The BRIDGCE consortium is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the UK and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. As the chair Kobayashi has been co-organizing a parallel session at NAM and an online annual meeting every year, which also provided an opportunity for ECRs/students to participate management and develop leadership. Kobayashi has also been monitoring gender statistics and EDI at the research network. |
Impact | The main outcomes of BRIDGCE are the following: Facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the UK. Liaise with other national and international networks (e.g. JINA) who share the same goals. Develop synergy between the various expertise available in the UK. Enhance PhD students training in this multi-disciplinary research area. In 2022, BRIDGCE was invited to join a larger international research network IReNA https://www.irenaweb.org |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | EU COST Action ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos |
Organisation | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) |
Department | COST Action |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is the Management Committee member of EU COST Action "ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos". I also made a major contribtion to the successful proposal "C, N, O, Zn, & Eu: Discriminators of nucleosynthetic yields from the first supernovae or neutron star mergers" for 40 nights on the VLT. |
Collaborator Contribution | The ChETEC action is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the EU and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the EU. In particular Maria Lugaro and Benjamin Wehmeyer (Konkoly Observatory) are close collaborators of Kobayashi and are on seveal papers as co-authors. |
Impact | Kobayashi, Karakas, Lugaro (Konkoly Observatory) ApJ paper is published in 2020. Kobayashi is an expert of galactic chemical evoluiton, Karakas is for stellar evolution, adn Lugaro for nulcear astrophsyics, so this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | EU COST Action ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos |
Organisation | Konkoly Observatory |
Country | Hungary |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is the Management Committee member of EU COST Action "ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos". I also made a major contribtion to the successful proposal "C, N, O, Zn, & Eu: Discriminators of nucleosynthetic yields from the first supernovae or neutron star mergers" for 40 nights on the VLT. |
Collaborator Contribution | The ChETEC action is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the EU and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the EU. In particular Maria Lugaro and Benjamin Wehmeyer (Konkoly Observatory) are close collaborators of Kobayashi and are on seveal papers as co-authors. |
Impact | Kobayashi, Karakas, Lugaro (Konkoly Observatory) ApJ paper is published in 2020. Kobayashi is an expert of galactic chemical evoluiton, Karakas is for stellar evolution, adn Lugaro for nulcear astrophsyics, so this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | EU COST Action ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is the Management Committee member of EU COST Action "ChETEC: Chemical Element as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos". I also made a major contribtion to the successful proposal "C, N, O, Zn, & Eu: Discriminators of nucleosynthetic yields from the first supernovae or neutron star mergers" for 40 nights on the VLT. |
Collaborator Contribution | The ChETEC action is important for us and for all its partners in order to develope synergy between the various expertise available in the EU and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations related to the origin of the elements across the various disciplines and institutions in the EU. In particular Maria Lugaro and Benjamin Wehmeyer (Konkoly Observatory) are close collaborators of Kobayashi and are on seveal papers as co-authors. |
Impact | Kobayashi, Karakas, Lugaro (Konkoly Observatory) ApJ paper is published in 2020. Kobayashi is an expert of galactic chemical evoluiton, Karakas is for stellar evolution, adn Lugaro for nulcear astrophsyics, so this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | HERMES-GALAH |
Organisation | Anglo Australian Observatory |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is on the Science Team for high-resolution multi-element spectrograph (HERMES) for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), and have been on >10 journal papers that uses the observational data. |
Collaborator Contribution | The high-resolution spectrograph was built by the AAO, the survey wass desinged and has been run by the team members based in Australia. |
Impact | The spectrograph has been successfully developed and installed on the AAT in 2013. The Galactic Archaeology survey (GALAH) is on-going. Data Release 3 paper is published in 2021, with Kobayashi as a co-author. |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | HERMES-GALAH |
Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
Department | Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is on the Science Team for high-resolution multi-element spectrograph (HERMES) for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), and have been on >10 journal papers that uses the observational data. |
Collaborator Contribution | The high-resolution spectrograph was built by the AAO, the survey wass desinged and has been run by the team members based in Australia. |
Impact | The spectrograph has been successfully developed and installed on the AAT in 2013. The Galactic Archaeology survey (GALAH) is on-going. Data Release 3 paper is published in 2021, with Kobayashi as a co-author. |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | KICC - Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is funded as a visiting scientist in 2019-2023 to provide theoretical predictions of cosmic chemical enrichment. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Roberto Maiolino's group is the host and will provide observational data of galaxies. Clare Worley, David Aguado, Vasily Belokurov are also providing observational data of stars. |
Impact | Two journal papers are published; (1) Hayden-Pawson ell al 2022 showed observations of elemental abundances of distant galaxies, comparing to my theoretical prediction of cosmological simulations. (2) Aguado et al 2021 showed observations of elemental abundances of nearby stars and compared with my theoretical models of Galactic chemical evolution. Another paper is in preparation by Clare Worley using Gaia-ESO survey where I provided theoretical insights. Several observational proposal are submitted for JWST following my theoretical predictions. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | MSE - the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer |
Organisation | Canada France Hawaii Telescope |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is invited to join the science team in 2016 as an expert of galactic archaeology, and attending monthly meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | The 11.25m telescope in Hawaii and high-resolution multi-object spectrograph are designed and constructed by the partners. The observational survey will be designed by the team. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the MSE project in my review paper in 2022. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | NSF-funded project: Solving the Type Ia Progenitor Puzzle: Building Bridges between Theory and Observation |
Organisation | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Country | China |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is in charge of galactic chemical evolution component in this research group on Type Ia supernovae with 5 experts from US, Germany, and China. |
Collaborator Contribution | The other group members provides new theory of binary star evolutions for Kobayashi's galaxy models. The PI Prof. Rosanne Di Stefano was funded by NSF, 500 USD for 3 years for this project in 2020. |
Impact | One journal paper, Kruckow et al. 2012, is published, and a few more papers are in preparation. Each member has a dffernnt experties and this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | NSF-funded project: Solving the Type Ia Progenitor Puzzle: Building Bridges between Theory and Observation |
Organisation | Harvard University |
Department | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is in charge of galactic chemical evolution component in this research group on Type Ia supernovae with 5 experts from US, Germany, and China. |
Collaborator Contribution | The other group members provides new theory of binary star evolutions for Kobayashi's galaxy models. The PI Prof. Rosanne Di Stefano was funded by NSF, 500 USD for 3 years for this project in 2020. |
Impact | One journal paper, Kruckow et al. 2012, is published, and a few more papers are in preparation. Each member has a dffernnt experties and this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | NSF-funded project: Solving the Type Ia Progenitor Puzzle: Building Bridges between Theory and Observation |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is in charge of galactic chemical evolution component in this research group on Type Ia supernovae with 5 experts from US, Germany, and China. |
Collaborator Contribution | The other group members provides new theory of binary star evolutions for Kobayashi's galaxy models. The PI Prof. Rosanne Di Stefano was funded by NSF, 500 USD for 3 years for this project in 2020. |
Impact | One journal paper, Kruckow et al. 2012, is published, and a few more papers are in preparation. Each member has a dffernnt experties and this project is multi-disciplinary. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS on Subaru Telescope |
Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As a Japanese national, Kobayashi is entitled and join the team in 2021, and contributed in the survey proposals for Galactic Archaeology (led by Rosie Wyse) and galaxy evolution (led by Jenny Greene). In 2023, Kobayashi became the co-chair of the galaxy evolution team. |
Collaborator Contribution | The multi-object spectrograph for 8.2m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is designed and constructed by the partners. The observational surveys will be commenced by the teams in 2024. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the PFS project in my review paper in 2022 and book chapter in 2023. White paper is released on arXiv:2206.14908 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS on Subaru Telescope |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As a Japanese national, Kobayashi is entitled and join the team in 2021, and contributed in the survey proposals for Galactic Archaeology (led by Rosie Wyse) and galaxy evolution (led by Jenny Greene). In 2023, Kobayashi became the co-chair of the galaxy evolution team. |
Collaborator Contribution | The multi-object spectrograph for 8.2m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is designed and constructed by the partners. The observational surveys will be commenced by the teams in 2024. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the PFS project in my review paper in 2022 and book chapter in 2023. White paper is released on arXiv:2206.14908 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS on Subaru Telescope |
Organisation | Princeton University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As a Japanese national, Kobayashi is entitled and join the team in 2021, and contributed in the survey proposals for Galactic Archaeology (led by Rosie Wyse) and galaxy evolution (led by Jenny Greene). In 2023, Kobayashi became the co-chair of the galaxy evolution team. |
Collaborator Contribution | The multi-object spectrograph for 8.2m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is designed and constructed by the partners. The observational surveys will be commenced by the teams in 2024. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the PFS project in my review paper in 2022 and book chapter in 2023. White paper is released on arXiv:2206.14908 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS on Subaru Telescope |
Organisation | Subaru Telescope |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | As a Japanese national, Kobayashi is entitled and join the team in 2021, and contributed in the survey proposals for Galactic Archaeology (led by Rosie Wyse) and galaxy evolution (led by Jenny Greene). In 2023, Kobayashi became the co-chair of the galaxy evolution team. |
Collaborator Contribution | The multi-object spectrograph for 8.2m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is designed and constructed by the partners. The observational surveys will be commenced by the teams in 2024. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the PFS project in my review paper in 2022 and book chapter in 2023. White paper is released on arXiv:2206.14908 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS on Subaru Telescope |
Organisation | University of Tokyo |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As a Japanese national, Kobayashi is entitled and join the team in 2021, and contributed in the survey proposals for Galactic Archaeology (led by Rosie Wyse) and galaxy evolution (led by Jenny Greene). In 2023, Kobayashi became the co-chair of the galaxy evolution team. |
Collaborator Contribution | The multi-object spectrograph for 8.2m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is designed and constructed by the partners. The observational surveys will be commenced by the teams in 2024. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the PFS project in my review paper in 2022 and book chapter in 2023. White paper is released on arXiv:2206.14908 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | The Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna LGWA |
Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi joined the science working group in 2022, contributing for the white paper. |
Collaborator Contribution | Kobayashi's prediction of compact object mergers will be test by the observational data with LGWA. |
Impact | White paper is in preparation. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | The Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna LGWA |
Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi joined the science working group in 2022, contributing for the white paper. |
Collaborator Contribution | Kobayashi's prediction of compact object mergers will be test by the observational data with LGWA. |
Impact | White paper is in preparation. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | WEAVE |
Organisation | Paris Institute of Astrophysics |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is a member of Galactic Archaeology Science Team, and gave a talk at the Team Meeting in Paris 2016 and in Barcelona 2019 to identify scientific problems. |
Collaborator Contribution | The high-resolution multi-object spectrograph is being built, will be installed on the WHT, and the survey started in 2022. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the WEAVE project in my review paper in 2022. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | WEAVE |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kobayashi is a member of Galactic Archaeology Science Team, and gave a talk at the Team Meeting in Paris 2016 and in Barcelona 2019 to identify scientific problems. |
Collaborator Contribution | The high-resolution multi-object spectrograph is being built, will be installed on the WHT, and the survey started in 2022. |
Impact | No output yet since the survey has not started yet. I highlighted the WEAVE project in my review paper in 2022. |
Start Year | 2016 |