ASTRONOMY 620       Spring 2007
ADVANCED RADIO ASTRONOMY SEMINAR

Dwarf Galaxies: the View from 1 meter to 1 micron


CDM theory describes the growth of structure through the merger of small halos formed in large numbers early-on, and while these small halos serve as the building blocks of galaxies and clusters, many low mass objects are nonetheless expected to survive to the present epoch. In this seminar, we will explore our current understanding of dwarf galaxies, their impact on hierarchical structure development and the clues about galaxy formation and evolution they carry with them especially as viewed using today's long wavelength forefront instruments Spitzer, ALFA and the VLA and, in the future, ALMA, CCAT and SKA.

Wednesdays 2:30-4:25pm EDT (in Ithaca)
                     2:30-4:25pm AST (in Arecibo)

2 credits

Each week, a team of participants, led by a faculty organizer, will make presentations on selected, coordinated topics. Suggestions and especially volunteers are welcome!


Organizers in Ithaca:emailOfficePhone
Riccardo Giovanelli riccardo_AT_astro.cornell.edu 302 SpSci 5-6505
Martha Haynes haynes_AT_astro.cornell.edu 530 SpSci 5-0610
Jim Houck jrh13_AT_cornell.edu 220 SpSci 5-4807
in Arecibo :     
Barbara Catinella bcatinel_AT_naic.edu Rm 303 X208
Murray Lewis blewis_AT_naic.edu Rm 406 X285

List of references and links (in progress)

Tentative Schedule    (subject to change!!)     Suggestions/volunteers welcome!

Date Topic PPT/PDF Links Who
W Jan 24 Overview of dwarf galaxies PPT   PDF Mateo 1998 ARAA 36, 435
See references for more 		Martha
W Jan 31 The paradigm of galaxy formation PPT   PDF   Riccardo
  Dust in galaxies: the view from IR/FIR wavelengths PPT     Jim
W Feb 07 How many dwarfs should there be? CDM simulations and the "missing satellite problem" PPT PDF     Amélie
  Overview of available simulations: Millenium, GADGET2 PPT ZIPped movies   IDL Code (homework!)  Brian
  Reionization issues PPT     PDF   Ann
W Feb 14 Class cancelled due to blizzard (in Ithaca, that is)      
W Feb 21 Stellar populations: intro to CMDs PPT
movie 		  Robert
  Local Group dSphs: characteristics and distribution PPT     PDF   Sabrina
  The Black Hole Mass -- Bulge Mass Relation: where do the dwarfs fit in? PPT     PDF Wehner & Harris 2006
See references for more		 Tom, for Martha
W Feb 28 Case study: M32 and its supermassive black hole PPT     PDF Verolme et al. 2002
See references for more 		Tom
  Star formation rate indicators             PDF Kennicutt 1998 Becky
  Nebular abundances PPT PDF   PDF recommended. Amélie
W Mar 07 Local Group dIs:characteristics and distribution PPT     PDF   Krzysztof
  Transition type dwarfs in the Local Group PPT     PDF Grebel etal 2003
Phoenix:   Young et al 2006
LSG 3:   Miller et al. 2001		 Martha
W Mar 14 Class cancelled due to Management Review "blizzard" in Arecibo      
W Mar 21 SPRING BREAK!!!      
W Mar 28 Starbursting and blue compact dwarfs PPT PDF   Lei
  Case study: IZw18 PPT PDF   Yanling
  Case study: SBS 0335 See above     Yanling
W Apr 04 High velocity clouds: overview PPT   Riccardo
  The Sagittarius dwarf; the Milky Way "Field of Streams" PPT PDF Movie Belokurov et al 2006
Lots of pictures!		 Brian
  Streams around Andromeda PPT PDF Brown et al 2006
Thilker et al 2004		 Krzysztof
W Apr 11 Formation of tidal dwarfs     Lei
  ISM in dwarf galaxies: overview PPT PDF   Sabrina
  Case study: Holmberg II PPT PDF   Ann
W Apr 18 Cluster and group dwarfs, luminosity function PPT PDF   Robert
  The dwarf population in Virgo PPT PDF   Becky
  Ultracompact dwarfs PPT PDF See references page Martha
W Apr 25 Rotation curves and velocity dispersions: observations PPT PDF     Lei
  Mass models; dark matter; MOND PPT PDF     Ann
  Case study: DDO 154 PPT PDF     Sabrina
W May 02 Lyman absorbers, HVCs and the connection to dwarf galaxies PPT   Riccardo
  Future prospects: ALMA PPT   Brian
  Future prospects: SKA PPT PDF   Ann


Last update:Thu May 3 08:34:11 EDT 2007 by martha