Conveners
Global Properties at Low and High Redshifts
- Göran Östlin (Stockholm University)
Janice Lee
(Space Telescope Science Institute)
25/08/2016, 14:30
Since the discovery of "isolated extragalactic H II regions"
by Sargent & Searle in 1970, low mass dwarf galaxies
experiencing intense bursts of star formation have
periodically become the subject of frenetic research because
of their unusual and discordant properties. Today, the
study of massive star formation and its impact on the
interstellar medium seems to be at a major crossroad,...
Stijn Wuyts
(University of Bath)
25/08/2016, 15:15
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...
Dawn Erb
(University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)
25/08/2016, 16:30
Low mass, low metallicity galaxies are the most likely source of the photons that
reionized the universe, but the relationships between low metallicity star formation,
galactic outflows, and the escape of ionizing radiation at high redshifts are still
unclear. Using rest-frame UV and optical spectra of lensed and unlensed low
metallicity galaxies at z~2, I will discuss constraints on the...
