Eva Grebel
Astron. Rechen-Inst. (ARI) (Heidelberg, Allemagne)
Amphithéâtre Henri Mineur, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
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| « Dwarf Galaxies and Their Role as Building Blocks » |
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Eva Grebel |
| Dwarf galaxies are the most common type of galaxy in the Universe and include the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. They offer intriguing insights into evolutionary processes at low halo masses and low metallicities. Moreover, as survivors of a once much more numerous population of building blocks of larger galaxies, they are key to understanding very early star formation processes. The Local Group and particularly the Milky Way's dwarf galaxy entourage offer us the unique possibility to compare in detail dwarf and Galactic populations. This is an important step towards quantifying the magnitude and time scales of dwarf contributions to the build-up of the Milky Way and allows us to test predictions of cosmological theories and hierarchical structure formation. |
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vendredi 13 novembre 2015 - 11:00 Amphithéâtre Henri Mineur, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris |
| Page web du séminaire / Seminar's webpage |