11–15 Jun 2018
Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Europe/Copenhagen timezone

The High-Dimensional ISM As A Tool To Explore Galaxy Evolution

13 Jun 2018, 09:45
35m
Main Auditorium (Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen)

Main Auditorium

Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Øster Voldgade 5 - 7, 1350 København K, Denmark
Invited talk What is dust? Molecules and dust

Speaker

Dr Gail Zasowski (University of Utah)

Description

Because large molecules (including PAHs and other carbonaceous particles) straddle the divide between molecular gas and dust grains, their spatial and dynamical distributions carry information on both of these phases and their interface. This talk will explore the power of harnessing this information using a few case studies of molecular absorption spectroscopy combined with absorption-based dust maps. I will describe how this approach allows us to tackle such diverse galaxy evolution questions as spiral arm formation and molecular cloud dissolution, and discuss the prospects for expanding high-dimensional ISM studies in the next several years.

Primary author

Dr Gail Zasowski (University of Utah)

Presentation materials