[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy Department Seminar - May 20th Ted Mackereth

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

Reminder of Ted's seminar on Zoom in 55 minutes
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On 16/05/2022 10:19, Chris Usher wrote:
>
> On Friday, May 20th at *14:00* Ted Mackereth (CITA/Dunlap) will give 
> the seminar via Zoom. Please note the later time.
>
> *Unravelling the assembly history of the Milky Way: Observations, 
> Simulations, Genetic Modification and... Sausages?*
>
> In order to properly understand much of the physics that governs our 
> Universe and forms the grand structures that we see in it today, we 
> must understand the mass assembly of galaxies. The Milky Way is 
> perhaps the only galaxy for which we might one day fully reconstruct 
> its assembly history, piece by piece, star by star. In this talk, I 
> will show how, through a combination of industrial-scale observational 
> surveys and detailed numerical simulations, we can begin to both 
> constrain and understand the effects of the Milky Way’s history of 
> assembly. I will show how such simulations can provide links between 
> the present day properties of Milky Way stellar populations and it’s 
> early dark matter assembly, and how these predictions can be directly 
> tested using data from Gaia, the SDSS/APOGEE survey and Kepler, K2 and 
> TESS. Finally, I will paint a picture of the future of the mission to 
> use the Milky Way and nearby galaxies as a tool for understanding 
> galaxy formation on a general basis.
>
> We are trying something new this year with leaving the Zoom call open 
> after the formal hour of the seminar is up to allow the speaker, if 
> they wish, to chat informally with anyone who is interested.
>
> Thanks
> Chris and Carolina
>
> Christopher Usher is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
>
> Topic: Astronomy Department Seminar - Ted Mackereth
> Time: May 20, 2022 02:00 PM Stockholm
>
> Join Zoom Meeting
> https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/61883141606
>
> Meeting ID: 618 8314 1606
>
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