Planck-dust-allsky

Brian Siana (UC Riverside) -- Using Gravitational Lensing to Study a Large Population of High Redshift Dwarf Galaxies

March
11
S M T W T F S

I will present results from Hubble and Keck surveys of lensed galaxies behind massive lensing clusters. The first data reveal a large number of dwarf galaxies at z~2 a factor of 100 fainter than previous studies, with no sign of a turnover in the luminosity function. I will show why these dwarf galaxies likely behave differently from their more massive counterparts, and will preview preliminary results on their dust extinction and escape fraction of ionizing photons.

Date: March 11th, 2015
Location: MR LCR