Dr. Steven Ehlert, Postdoctoral Scholar
| Jan/14 | Tue | 02:00PM-02:30PM | 37-252 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: none for talk; see pre-requisites for 3:15pm tour
One of the largest and most important questions regarding galaxy evolution is the role of the local environment, primarily other nearby galaxies and diffuse gas. Observations of galaxies using the full ensemble of modern telescopes have demonstrated that galaxies are inextricably linked to their neighborhoods through a number of processes that span from star formation and black hole accretion to dark matter and dark energy. In this talk, I will discuss the myriad ways in which we observe galaxies coupling to their environments with a particular emphasis on galaxies in the densest real estate in the Universe: galaxy clusters.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up for this talk. Please note, however, that there is a tour of the Operations Control Center for the Chandra Space Telescope from 3:15-4:15. In order to take that tour, you must attend this talk as well as the "Hunting for Dark Matter" talk from 2:30-3:00pm. In addition, you need to sign up for the tour by Friday, January 10 by submitting your full name to meinbres@mit.edu.
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Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU