Seminar Title |
Quenching of Star Formation and 3D Spectroscopy of Nearby Galaxies |
Speaker: |
Prof. XU Kong |
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(USTC) |
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When: |
Friday afternoon, May 30th , 16:00 p.m |
Where: |
The 3rd Floor, SOFTECH Building (NJU) |
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Welcome to Attend |
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( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee) |
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Abstract
Galaxies are categorized into two main populations, red quiescent galaxies and blue star-forming galaxies. One of the key questions is which physical mechanisms are responsible for quenching star formation activities in blue galaxies and the resulting transformation? In this talk, I present research on the properties of “green valley” galaxies in the COSMOS field and to constrain mechanisms that lead to star formation quenching. In the end, I will show our new progress about two-dimensional optical spectroscopy of nearby galaxies with MMT and the NAOC2.16m telescope, and discuss how does this project provides constraints on galaxy formation scenarios.