Speaker
Stijn Wuyts
(University of Bath)
Description
For many years, far-infrared and optical/near-infrared astronomers focused on largely
disjoint samples of high-redshift galaxies. While the far-infrared community
primarily studied luminous and dusty starbursting monsters, detailed spectroscopic
analyses in the (rest-)optical preferentially targeted less obscured systems. With
the increased sensitivity offered by Herschel, PdBI-NOEMA and ALMA on the one hand,
and the multiplexing capabilities of new near-infrared (integral-field) spectrographs
on the other hand, this divide has been rapidly closing. Complemented by resolved
HST observations, we are now in the fortunate situation that we can study the physics
of star formation, stellar buildup and structural growth since the peak of cosmic
star formation for large samples of normal star-forming galaxies. I will present
recent findings on high-z galaxies obtained by combining observations of their
stellar, dust, molecular and ionized gas components.
Primary author
Stijn Wuyts
(University of Bath)
