NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series

Chris Fassnacht

UC Davis


A Multiwavelength Exploration of Galaxy Mass Distributions


The technique of gravitational lensing, when combined with sensitive multiwavelength observations, provides a direct probe of mass distributions in galaxies without requiring that the mass be luminous. This is especially important for galaxies beyond our local Universe, for which traditional dynamical mass estimates are difficult or impossible to obtain with current instrumentation. I will discuss work in progress on measuring the properties of moderate redshift galaxies, from the large-scale halos to the substructures predicted by dark matter simulations.






March 20, 2009
11:00 am

Array Operations Center Auditorium

All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Room 230, Green Bank Room 137 and Tucson N525.

Local Host: Kumar Golap