Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil: A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe
ブーチン・ムトゥル・パクディル: 宇宙に関する理解に疑問を抱かせる珍しい銀河
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil studies the structure and dynamics of galaxies to help us understand how they form and evolve. Full bio
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galaxies in the universe.
an extremely rare one,
極めて珍しい銀河を発見しました
quite like anything observed before.
全く似ていない銀河です
and our assumptions
理論や仮説に
天の川銀河に似ています
these common galaxies form and evolve.
強力な理論があります
how rare galaxies form and evolve.
形成と進化については分かっていません
is Hoag's Object.
「ホーグ天体」というものです
surrounded by a circular outer ring,
円形の外輪に囲まれています
types of galaxies currently known.
銀河の中でも最も稀少な型です
in 1,000 galaxies.
1つ以下です
in the outer ring are just floating there
秩序だって ただ浮かぶ仕組みは
discovered is even rarer
いっそう珍しく
and search for these objects,
in the background,
背景に ふと現れることもあります
to Hoag's Object,
とてもよく似ている点は
and circular outer ring.
円状の外輪がある点です
we discovered another Hoag's Object.
ホーグ天体をもう1つ見つけたと思いました
this is an entirely new galaxy type,
これはまったく新しい銀河の型と分かり
as "Burçin's Galaxy."
「ブーチン銀河」と呼ばれています
this galaxy anytime soon.
訪れることはないでしょう
light years away from Earth.
離れているのですから
of the nearby galaxies.
銀河の1つです
調査しました
like a scar or wrinkles,
傷痕やシワといった細部には
刻まれているように
in different light
銀河の構造は
their origin and evolution.
遡るのに役立ちます
細部を調べられるのでしょう?
画像モデルを作り
may blind our views of faint features,
微かな特徴を見えなくしているからで
when you are blinded by the intense light.
サングラスを使用するようなものです
have an outer ring,
explaining the origin of the outer ring
外輪の起源について説明するのに
this mysterious second ring.
説明する必要があります
ring in such a peculiar galaxy.
今のところ知られていません
clearly highlights the gap
宇宙の進化に関する知識の空白部分に
this extremely rare galaxy was formed
形成されたのかをさらに調査すれば
on how the universe works.
掴むことができます
that we still have a lot to learn,
私たちには まだまだ学ぶことがあり
deeper and deeper in space
調べ続け
探し続けるべきだということです
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil - AstrophysicistBurçin Mutlu-Pakdil studies the structure and dynamics of galaxies to help us understand how they form and evolve.
Why you should listen
Dr. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is searching for the most peculiar objects in the Universe. Her research has led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique circular structure, which is now commonly referred to as Burçin's Galaxy. Her work has provided the first description of a double-ringed elliptical galaxy, challenging current theories and assumptions about how the universe works and how galaxies start and evolve.
Mutlu-Pakdil earned her PhD at the University of Minnesota, and her undergraduate degree is from Bilkent University in Turkey. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate at University of Arizona and a 2018 TED Fellow. She spends most of her time searching for hierarchical structure at the scale of dwarf galaxies as a novel test of the Cold Dark Matter paradigm. She uses data gathered in a large range of wavelengths from premier telescopes worldwide and wants to learn more about how the Universe came to be the way it is today.
Mutlu-Pakdil's findings have been featured by CNN, Science Daily, Astronomy Magazine, Independent and MPR News, among many others. Damon Brown wrote in his regular Inc. Magazine online column: “Many organizations are dedicated to filling the STEM pipeline with more girls and women. Others are supporting the cause by being an example. TED Fellow Burçin is representing by being one of the most notable astrophysicists today.”
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