[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar TODAY 10:30 FC61: Christian Herenz

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

On 2019-04-01 15:18, Alexis Brandeker wrote:
> Astronomy seminar
> ============
>
> Time & location: Friday April 5, 10:30 in FC61
>
> Speaker: Christian Herenz (SU)
>
> Title: Deciphering Lyman alpha emitting galaxies with integral field
> spectroscopy
>
> Abstract:
> Lyman alpha emitting high-redshift galaxies offer insights into galaxy
> formation processes in the young universe.  Moreover, they can be used
> to address cosmological questions regarding the "Epoch of Reionisation"
> and the nature of dark energy.  In my talk I will show how integral
> field spectroscopy (IFS) is a viable observational technique for such
> studies.  In particular, I will detail how we use IFS data to understand
> Lyman alpha escape mechanisms in a sample of nearby high-redshift
> analogues.  I will then show how we use the revolutionary IFS instrument
> MUSE for conducting surveys of Lyman emitting galaxies in the redshift
> range 3 < z < 6.  Here I will provide an overview over the latest
> results from those campaigns, with a particular focus on luminosity
> function studies. My talk will conclude with new (preliminary) results
> from a 17.5 hour MUSE integration of an extremely luminous extended
> z=3.1 Lyman alpha emitter known as 'Lyman Alpha Blob 1'.
>
> Other upcoming activities:
>
> 3/4 (Wed) @ 10:30: Astrobiology talk in FC61, Hendrik Ehrpais
> (University of Tartu)
> 3/4 (Wed) @ 13:00: PhD defence of Sambit Giri in FB42
> 12/4 (Fri) : Open slot, NO SEMINAR scheduled (yet)
> 26/4 (Fri) @ 10:30: Ernst de Mooij (Dublin)
> 26/4 (Fri) @ 13:00: PhD defence of Tine Libbrecht in FB52
>
> All welcome! Alexis Brandeker (Astronomy seminar organiser VT 2019)
>
>
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