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SUMMARY:The Formation Modes of z &gt\; 1 Galaxies and their Cosmological I
 mplications - Christopher Conselice (Nottingham)
DTSTART:20130606T153000Z
DTEND:20130606T163000Z
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CONTACT:Michele Trenti
DESCRIPTION:We now have a good understanding of most of the modes of galax
 y formation for massive galaxies during the past 10 Gyr based on data from
  space and ground based telescopes.  I will discuss how we have just recen
 tly measured the role of major and minor mergers\, star formation and gas 
 accretion in the formation of massive galaxies down to z = 0. This is poss
 ible due to new near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope imaging from NICMOS a
 nd WFC3 focused on massive galaxies in the distant universe\, coupled with
  spectroscopy and deep imaging from 8-10m telescopes at all wavelengths to
  obtain spectral energy distribution information.  I will further discuss 
 how galaxy simulations based on CDM are not able to reproduce the properti
 es of distant galaxies or the characteristics of their observed evolution.
   I will further show how galaxy formation processes can potentially be us
 ed as a method for better understanding cosmological features\, including 
 the temperature of the dark matter and the underlying cosmological paramet
 ers.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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