Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
STEPHEN PHILLIPS hostreviews.co.uk / UNSPLASH

Refining the picture of galaxy regulation with observations & theory

Benjamin Keller , ARI

Stellar feedback connects the smallest, densest scales of the galaxy to the largest, most diffuse components of the galaxy halo. The detailed, fractal structure of the interstellar medium (ISM) and the evolution of stars sets the local coupling efficiency of energy from stellar winds, radiation and supernovae. This feedback can then drive outflows from most galaxies, removing mass and metals to the diffuse, hot circumgalactic medium. This low-density halo can act as a reservoir for material, slowly allowing it to re-accrete and fuel ongoing star formation. This in turn influences the formation of new molecular clouds within the ISM, connecting the process of star formation to all scales of the galaxy's gas content. In this talk, I will present recent results that have helped to clarify the details as to how the details of these processes can impact the overall life of galaxies, and how we can use new observational and statistical methods to constrain these details.

ARI Institute Colloquium
21 Jan 2021, 11:15
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1, 1.OG

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