[OKC-CosmologyGravity] Fwd: Extra astronomy seminar Wed 30 Nov at 10!

[Garrelt Mellema]

Dear C&G people,

The following astronomy seminar on Wed morning at 10 may interest you too.

Cheers,
Garrelt

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Subject: Extra astronomy seminar Wed 30 Nov at 10!
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:52:05 +0100
From: Garrelt Mellema <garrelt.mellema at astro.su.se>

This Wednesday we have an extra seminar which will be given by the external examiner ("opponent") of Thøger, professor Dawn Erb
from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She is very well known for her work on high redshift galaxies.
Please note the room (FB55) and the time (10:00)!

Title: Low Mass Galaxies and their Gas at the Peak Epoch of Star Formation
	
Wednesday 30 November 2016 from 10:00 to 11:00 at FB55

Speaker: Dawn Erb (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 	
	
Abstract: Because faint, low mass galaxies are numerous at high redshifts, their impact on the Universe is expected to be significant. They may host a substantial fraction of the Universe's star 
formation, provide many of the energetic photons needed to reionize the intergalactic medium, and affect their surroundings via powerful, starburst-driven galactic outflows. Because of their 
faintness, however, the properties of these galaxies are difficult to determine. I will discuss a variety of observations aimed at characterizing the physical conditions in low mass galaxies during 
the peak epoch of star formation, when the Universe was ~20% of its current age, with particular emphasis on the study of galactic outflows in faint galaxies.