Nicole Vogt » Galaxy Formation and Evolution in the Distant Universe
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A Few Pressing Questions on Investigating the Growth of Structure
and Morphology in Galaxies
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How, and when, did the first generations of galaxies form?
(gravitational collapse, galaxy interaction histories, star formation rates) -
Can we connect local galaxy populations to more distant ones?
(conservation of mass, an increase in galaxy clustering, stellar populations) -
What can we learn through observations of galaxies at different wavelengths?
(x-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared, submillimeter, and radio telescopes) -
What fraction of the total galaxy population do we actually detect?
(low surface brightness galaxies, redshift-dependent selection effects) -
Can we reconcile theoretical models of galaxy evolution with observations?
(simulating galaxy halos and larger scale structures, modeling star formation)
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The telescopes and instruments shown above have all played key roles in my studies of galaxy evolution in the local and distant Universe. They add up to quite a few trips all over the world, ranging from our own New Mexico backyard to the balmy shores of Puerto Rico, and all the way up to the highest barren mountains of Chile and Hawaii.
Can you identify the Keck Telescopes and the views from the Gemini Twins, the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico and the New Mexico Very Large Array (VLA), Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-meter and Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescopes, and the European VLT optical spectrograph FORS?
Here are a few more telescopes of critical use in my research, NASA's
Great Observatories. I haven't quite managed to get in-person observation
trips approved to them all ... yet.
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