Abstract: Massive galaxies represent both the beginning and the end point of galaxy evolution. The dense regions where they form are among the earliest to begin star formation at high redshift, and the deep gravitational potentials in which they reside today are the sites of gas accretion, gas stripping, galaxy mergers, tidal harassment, and energetic feedback processes. By studying massive galaxies, particularly those at the centers of galaxy clusters, we can sample the full range of galactic evolutionary processes. The nearest such galaxy to us is the cD galaxy, M87 (NGC 4486), which resides at the center of the densest region in the nearby Universe, the core of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. Using data from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey, a 180-night Large Program on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, I will present what we have learned about the assembly history of M87, and the corresponding evolutionary history of the less massive stellar systems (dwarf galaxies, ultra-compact dwarfs, and globular clusters) that are in the Virgo core.
SHAO-USTC Lecture
Title: 射电天体测量在天体物理研究中的应用
Speaker: Bo Zhang (SHAO)
Time: Friday, 2:00 pm, Nov. 27th.
Location: Room 1617
Group meetings and additional talks
Stellar Cluster and Galaxy Seminar group seminar
Location: 1617; Contact: Jian Fu
http://cluster.shao.ac.cn/wiki/index.php/Seminar_Plan
Title:The life and times of the Milky Way as viewed by LAMOST
Speaker: Martin Smith
Time: Wednesday, 10:30am, Nov 25
Radio Astrophysics Group Seminar
Location: 1617; Contact: Kai Yang< yangkai@shao.ac.cn>
Title: Molecular gas in the central few parsecs of the Galactic center
Speaker: Feng Gao
Time: Monday, 10:30am, Nov 23
Blackhole accretion theory and High-energy astrophysics Seminar
Location: 1608; Contact: Qixiang Yang < qxyang@shao.ac.cn>
http://202.127.29.4/fyuan/journalclub.html
Title:
Speaker: Amin
Time: Tuesday, 2:00 pm, Nov. 24, 2015
Title: Black hole feedback from thick accretion discs
Speaker: Defu Bu
Time: Friday, 10:00 am, Nov. 27, 2015
On the Properties of Thermal Disk Winds in X-ray Transient Sources: A Case Study of GRO J1655-40