| Speaker: | Frank Vandenbosch (Yale) |
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| Title: | New Insights regarding the Stellar Mass Assembly of Galaxies across Cosmic Time |
| Date (JST): | Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 13:30 - 14:30 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Related File: | 999.pdf |
| Abstract: |
How do galaxies assemble their stellar mass across cosmic time? Despite a well formulated, 35 year-old framework of hierarchical, galaxy formation in a Universe dominated by dark matter and dark energy, this basic question, which is central to the study of galaxy evolution, still begs for a satisfactory answer. In this talk I present a novel method to study galaxy formation, which is both simple and transparent. Unlike semi-analytical models and hydrodynamical simulations, this model can easily fit all existing data, providing valuable insights into the physics that regulate the assembly of galaxies across cosmic how. In particular, I present evidence for a new, characteristic scale in galaxy formation, which regulates the formation of dwarf galaxies, and which may be crucial for understanding reionization. |
