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Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, RIT

Title: "Pushing the Edge of the Cosmic Frontier with JWST"

1/24/2025
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wilder 104 and Zoom
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences, Lectures & Seminars

Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in December 2021, first started collecting data in June 2022,  and is already revolutionizing our understanding of the distant Universe. With its large segmented mirror, and optimization for infrared wavelengths, JWST was designed to detect and characterize some of the first galaxies to form in our universe and investigate how galaxies then evolve over the age of the Universe to the present day. One of the surprises from JWST's first observations of the extragalactic sky is that not only are we detecting large numbers of galaxies in the early universe but that many of these galaxies are resolved and show great structural detail.  In this presentation, I will highlight recent results from JWST in the area of galaxy evolution, including the detection of galaxies in the early universe and what we know about their structures and mass growth.

Hosted by Professor Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil

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Passcode: Email Physics.Department@dartmouth.edu

 

For more information, contact:
Tressena Manning
tressena.a.manning@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2854
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