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Constraining Galaxy Evolution via Hydrogen Line Emission Luminosity Functions

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Schuster, Micah Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Department of Astronomy and Physics; Dr. Daniel Dale Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Laramie, Wyoming
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2008-04-26

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A galaxy's star formation rate is one of its fundamental properties. The number of stars forming per year within a galaxy tells us how quickly stellar mass is being built up, and the rate at which star-forming material such as molecular clouds is being used up. It is interesting by itself to measure the star formation rate within a single galaxy. However, measuring the star formation rate for large ensembles of galaxies, spread across multiple epochs in the history of the Universe tells us something even more profound: the average evolution of star-forming galaxies as a function of cosmic time. I propose to spend much of my summer months learning how to carry out narrowband optical imaging on the University of Wyoming 2.3 m telescope, and how to 'process' the data into a useable format. During the 2007-2008 academic year I plan to analyze the imaging data taken during the summer. My ultimate goal is to fit theoretical models to the luminosity distributions observed at each epoch, which will directly lead to a constraint on the evolution of star-forming galaxies with time. note
From - Undergraduate Research Day 2008 - Celebration of Research - Abstracts
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Galaxies--Evolution--Research--Wyoming

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Galaxies--Measurement--Testing

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Undergraduate Research Day 2008

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