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Events on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
- Special Plasma Seminar
- Experimental Investigation of Turbulence at the Transition from Closed to Open Field Lines
- Time: 1:30 am
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Ulrich Stroth, Universitat Stuttgart, Germany
- Special Plasma Seminar
- Title to be announced
- Time: 2:30 am
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Gerhard Bonhomme, Universitat Stuttgart, Germany
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- Title to be announced
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Gabriela Cezar, Animal Science
- Astronomy Colloquium
- A Multiwavelength Study of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies over 8 Billion Years
- Time: 3:45 pm
- Place: 6515 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: D.J. Pisano, NRAO
- Abstract: The star formation rate in the Universe has dropped by an order of magnitude in the past 8 billion years. Why? Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies (LCBGs) may account for this drop. LCBGs were common 8 billion years ago, representing about 20% of the galaxy population and contributing about 40% of the total star formation rate density at that time, but are a factor of ten rarer by the present day. While we know that LCBGs are rapidly evolving, we do not know what drives their evolution or into what type of galaxy they evolve. I will present results from our current radio studies of nearby LCBGs as part of a larger multiwavelength study of the properties of these galaxies. Our data will constrain the current evolutionary state and future evolutionary path of LCBGs. These data will also serve as a benchmark for future studies of LCBGs at all wavelengths and distances.
- Host: Eric Wilcots