| Speaker: | Puragra Guhathakurta (UC Santa Cruz) |
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| Title: | The Andromeda Galaxy: Hierarchical Galaxy Formation, Stellar Populations, and the Interstellar Medium |
| Date (JST): | Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Related File: | 973.pdf |
| Abstract: |
The Andromeda galaxy (M31) is effectively three laboratories rolled into one. First, it offers us a close-up view of hiearchical galaxy formation. Second, having a large group of stars, all at roughly the same distance from us, is ideal for stellar population studies. Third, some of this starlight shines through interstellar dust and gas. I will present the latest results from the decade-long SPLASH (Spectroscopic and Photometric Landscape of Andromeda's Stellar Halo) survey. Topics will include: dwarf satellite galaxies, a recent merger event, the ensemble of accreted satellites, chemical abundance patterns, stellar "thermometry", and ionized gas kinematics. |
