מרצה: Dr. Caterina Lani
רביעי, 17.2.2016, 19:00, אולם לב
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In recent years it has become apparent that galaxies are not randomly distributed across the sky. Instead, they form a well-defined large-scale structure dubbed the Cosmic Web. This consists of highly clustered regions (clusters), connected by filamentary structures (filaments) and surrounded by sparser regions (voids). The formation, evolution and properties of galaxies are related to where they reside in the Cosmic Web, i.e. their environment. In this talk I will start by briefly describing the composition of galaxies and the range of properties with which astronomers characterize them. Then I will discuss galaxy environments and how these, together with the large-scale dark matter distribution, strongly correlate with fundamental properties of galaxies. I will conclude by drawing together several astronomical observations, offering the current interpretation of why environments may be fundamental in shaping the galaxy population as we know it today.