Galactic Archaeology is an approach to revealing the formation and
evolution of Local Group galaxies and the Milky Way through detailed
chemical and dynamical studies of individual stars. Many physical and
chemical processes in stars and interstellar matter are related to the
formation and evolution of galaxies. Rapid progress in observational
studies of substructure in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies with large
telescopes is stimulating efforts to combine all knowledge obtained in
these fields. The formation of structures in such galaxies reflects the
nature of dark matter and the expanding universe, indicating that
Galactic Archaeology enhances our understanding of cosmology.
is book contains the proceedings of this Galactic Archaeology
conference, which was the third meeting of the Subaru International
Conference series organized by the Subaru Telescope of the National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), as well as the first NAOJ
symposium. In the conference, 60 oral talks and 84 posters were
presented, covering a wide variety of topics related to Galactic Archaeology,
including supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, early generations
of stars, chemical evolution, substructures of the Milky Way, dwarf
galaxies in the Local Group, and dark matter. Future prospects for
instrumentation and observing projects were reviewed. Active discussions
included 141 participants from 23 countries and regions. The
papers contained in this book provide a useful overview of the current
status of this field and a unique record of discussions in the growing era
of Galactic Archaeology and Near-Field Cosmology.