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

Dust as a galaxy probe

14 Jun 2018, 15:30
45m
Main Auditorium (Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen)

Main Auditorium

Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Øster Voldgade 5 - 7, 1350 København K, Denmark
Review Talk Dust as a tool Dust as a galaxy probe

Speaker

Prof. Susanne Aalto (Chalmers University of Technology)

Description

In this talk I will discuss our current view of dust as a tracer of galaxy properties – from dust in extended, star forming disks and winds – to properties of dusty nuclei and compact, collimated nuclear outflows . I will show optical studies of dust in absorption - and dust in emission at long wavelengths (from infrared to mm/submm). Finally, I will present new results on very optically thick dust in the inner regions of galaxies that hide extreme, hitherto unknown, nuclear activity. I will discuss the nature of the buried activity and how we can study the properties of the dust in these deeply veiled regions.

Primary author

Prof. Susanne Aalto (Chalmers University of Technology)

Presentation materials