Star Formation Rate Indicators in the FIRE simulations & SPT2349-56: A Massive and Active Proto-cluster Core
| dc.contributor.author | Miller, Timothy | |
| dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science | en_US |
| dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
| dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Ted Monchesky | en_US |
| dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
| dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Jesse Maassen | en_US |
| dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Andrew Rutenberg | en_US |
| dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Scott Chapman | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-17T15:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-17T15:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.defence | 2017-07-28 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-08-17T15:26:50Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Part 1) The star formation rate (SFR) is an important diagnostic of the evolutionary stage of the galaxy. The total infrared (IR) luminosity of a galaxy is a commonly used tracer of SFR. A simple radiative transfer model to estimate the IR luminosity is applied to the feedback in realistic environments (FIRE) simulation suite. The connection between IR luminosity and SFR compared to a well-established model. A large amount of scatter and systematic bias cautions against the interpretations of observations from this simple model. Part 2) Studying progenitors of galaxy clusters (proto-clusters) presents an exciting opportunity to study star formation in extreme environments in the early universe. Detailed follow-up observations the proto-cluster SPT2349-56 is presented. SPT2349-56 contains 12 star forming galaxies in an extremely confined radius. Our observations suggest that SPT2349-56 an especially active and massive proto-cluster. Comparison with other known proto-cluster systems shows that SPT2349-56 is truly unique. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/73117 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Galaxy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astronomy | en_US |
| dc.title | Star Formation Rate Indicators in the FIRE simulations & SPT2349-56: A Massive and Active Proto-cluster Core | en_US |