[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar *CANCELLED* 10:30 FC61: Christian Herenz

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

Today's astronomy seminar has unfortunately been cancelled due to illness.


On 2019-04-05 08:02, Alexis Brandeker wrote:
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> 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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