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DTSTART:20140220T213000Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Four Problems in Trying to Form Galaxies(and how ISM Physics c
 an Save US)\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Desika Narayanan\, Haverford Coll
 ege
DESCRIPTION:Building a comprehensive picture for the evolution of gala
 xies<br>
\nfrom early times through present epoch requires understandi
 ng a huge dynamic range of physical processes.  With observations rang
 ing from detections of galaxies less than a billion years after the Bi
 g Bang to stellar and molecular cloud mass spectra in the Milky Way\, 
 the challenge has been to develop a concordance theory for galaxy form
 ation than simultaneously explains this diverse range of observed gala
 xy properties across cosmic epoch.  At the heart of many of the centra
 l questions in the astrophysics of galaxy evolution lies the physics o
 f the interstellar medium\, and galactic-scale star formation. In this
  talk\, I will describe how understanding the complex interplay betwee
 n small scale star formation physics and global galaxy evolution proce
 sses can lead to considerable insight in long-standing problems in bot
 h fields.<br><br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3283
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