Galaxies on the Edge: Properties of Galaxies on the Edge of Distant Superclusters - Livestream

The NASA Cosmic Origins program asks "How did we get here?" and "How did galaxies evolve from the very first systems to the types we observe". In this talk, we'll explore these questions by focusing on galaxies and their environments. We'll start by defining galaxy types and discussing where they're found in the universe. Next, we'll discuss the ways in which they change as they fall through the edges of their host superclusters into dense cluster cores. Finally, I'll show some recently results from the Canada France Hawaii Telescope that show galaxies lighting up (i.e. with increased levels of starbursting activity) as they fall toward the deep gravitational potentials of the cluster core. I will also discuss the Granville Academy, a week-long set of diversity education workshops for astronomy graduates hosted by Yale and Cal Poly, SLO.

Speaker: Louise Edwards, Cal Poly, San Juis Obispo

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