Our understanding of galaxy evolution centers around questions of how gas gets into galaxies, how it participates in star formation and black hole growth, and how it is returned to its surroundings via galactic winds. Aleks Diamond-Stanic of Bates College will present observational results (based on work done with Bates College students, using a variety of ground- and space-based telescopes) for “extreme” and “average” galaxies, and he'll discuss the implications for how gas is consumed and expelled as a function of galaxy physical properties. He will also discuss the physical limits of feedback from stellar processes in enriching the "circumgalactic" medium, the relevant timescales and evolution of galactic winds, and the prospects for further characterizing the gas around galaxies using multi-wavelength spectroscopy with existing and future facilities.
Join us on Friday, March 21, for this exciting presentation from Diamond-Stanic. Lunch will be available in Hayes 216 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and the presentation will begin in Hayes 211/213 at 12:10 p.m. We hope to see you there!