About
The Role of Gas in Galaxy Dynamics
October 2-6, 2017 - Valletta, Malta
Thanks to everyone who attended for the amazing conference!
Student Presentation Awards
Based on votes from the SOC and conference attendees, we are please to announce the best talk and poster presentation by a PhD student.
Talk: Francesco Santoro - Probing multiphase outflows and AGN feedback in compact radio galaxies.
Poster: Mark Smith - WISDOM: Modelling molecular gas observations in NGC4429 & NGC4501 to measure the supermassive black hole
The SOC was pleased with the amazing quality of all the posters and talks at the conference.
Conference Photos
Conference participants.
The SOC co-chairs Elena and Victor.
The Valletta harbor near Fort St. Angelo.
Dr. Christine Muscat presents on the history of Valletta.
Participants listen during a talk.
Members of the public gather for the outreach event.
Victor introducing the panel.
Karen Masters, Elena D'Onghia, and Lars Hernquist on the panel for the public event.
A young galaxies enthusiast asks a question.
Questions during the outreach event.
Lars Hernquist at the public event.
The Valletta Harbor.
This conference brought together world leading experts in galaxy dynamics and cosmology in order to promote collaborative efforts across theoretical, computational, and observational disciplines to try to answer to fundamental questions about the role of gas in galaxy dynamics and evolution. For a full description please see the motivation.
Topics:
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Scaling Relations
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Gas as a dynamical tracer at low z
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The role of gas in disk galaxies
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Gas in the Milky Way
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The circulation of gas in galaxies
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Gas in satellite galaxies
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The role of gas in galaxy mergers
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Quenching of galaxies
We are please to announce that the full program is now available.
The conference will also present a public event: The Life of Galaxies.