[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar Friday 3/5, 10:30 FC61: Michelle Collins

Mon Apr 29 09:30:51 CEST 2019

Astronomy seminar

Time & location: Friday May 3, 10:30 in FC61

Speaker: Michelle Collins (Surrey)

Title: Dwarfs galaxies as a key to better understanding dark matter and 
star formation

Abstract:
Dwarf galaxies have long been seen as a challenge to the Lambda Cold 
Dark Matter paradigm. Key issues include (1) the missing satellite 
problem; (2) the too-big-to-fail problem; (3) the cusp-core problem; and 
(4) the planes of satellites. In this talk, I will discuss how combining 
observations of nearby dwarf galaxies in differing environments with new 
high-resolution simulations are allowing us to better understand each of 
these issues. With these tools, we can begin to place tighter 
constraints on star formation and dark matter in the smallest galaxies.

Upcoming events:

10/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Open slot, NO SEMINAR scheduled (yet)
17/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Karin Lind (MPIA)
24/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Dainis Dravins (Lund University)

All welcome! Alexis Brandeker (Astronomy seminar organiser VT 2019)