NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series
Andrew Baker
Rutgers
The Zpectrometer at the GBT:
Progress and Prospects for High-Redshift Science
In the last decade, deep infrared and submillimeter imaging has revealed
the existence of luminous, dusty galaxy populations that clearly play
important roles in the cosmic histories of star formation, accretion, and
mass assembly. Fully understanding these systems has been complicated,
however, by the difficulty of localizing them. I will describe a new,
ultra-wide-bandwidth "Zpectrometer" for the GBT-- built through a
partnership between the University of Maryland and the NRAO-- that can
directly determine the redshifts of optically obscured galaxies from
molecular emission lines. After detailing the Zpectrometer's basic
design, capabilities, and status, I will review some of the scientific
problems to which it will be able to make unique contributions.
15 December 2006
11:00 a.m. MT
Array Operations Center Auditorium
All NRAO employees are invited to attend via
video, available in Charlottesville Room 311, Green Bank Room 241 and
Tucson N525.
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