Title: Nearby Galaxies with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Speaker: Christine Wilson教授(加拿大皇家学会院士、科学院院士,加拿大天文学会主席)
Institute: 加拿大麦克玛斯特大学
Time: 2017.04.14(Friday) 14:30
Place: Physics Building 573, Haiyun Campus, Xiamen University
Abstract: ALMA is a revolutionary new telescope that is dramatically expanding our understanding of the high-frequency radio sky. Astronomers are using ALMA to make exciting new discoveries in topics ranging from star and planet formation to galaxies in the distant universe. I will begin by highlighting some of the recent exciting results that illustrate the breadth of ALMA's science. I will then describe my recent work with my students and collaborators probing the relationship between molecular gas properties and star formation in merging galaxies.