Galaxy & SF Discussion Group (2018)

This is the page for the 2018 NRAO/UVA Galaxy & Star Formation Discussion Group. The purpose of this group is to discuss galaxies, AGN, the evolution of both, star formation, and any other topic of interest to our members. The discussions are informal and are led by volunteers.

Contact Kyle Penner (kpenner at nrao.edu) or Kristina Nyland (knyland at nrao.edu) to be added to the email list for this group.

Meetings

Every other Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30 in the NRAO Library.

General Topics

• recent papers, conference reviews
• advertisements for upcoming meetings
• science from visitors
• recent results and plots made by group members, open for discussion
• relevant and timely topics as suggested or requested by the group

Upcoming Topics

Date	Topic	Moderator(s)	Paper(s)	Notes
January 17	Did I learn anything from AAS?	Everyone!
January 31	Galaxy Evolution	Catherine Vlahakis	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.473.3507E
February 14
February 28	AGN in the ngVLA era	Kristina
March 14	Status of MOND	Bob Dickman	https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05917 https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02145
March 28	Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies	David Rebolledo	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...757..155R	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...808...99R
April 11	Young radio AGNs	Pallavi Patil	https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06518 https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06875 https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08305
April 26	SPT & ALMA discovery of a z=4.3 protocluster	Al Wooten and Christine Wilson	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0025-2
May 02	Gaia DR2	Andy Lipnicky	https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.09381.pdf
May 16	HI Reionization Signal	Mark Lacy	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Natur.555...67B
May 30	TBD	Anca Constantin