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Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - Professor Charlie Conroy, Harvard University

Title: The Via Project

11/7/2025
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Wilder 104 and Zoom
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars, School of Arts and Sciences

Abstract: The Via Project is a forthcoming all-sky spectroscopic survey.  The key scientific objectives are to: 1) constrain the nature of dark matter by measuring velocity disturbances within cold stellar streams; 2) explore the threshold of galaxy formation by carrying out a chemodynamical census of Milky Way dwarf galaxy satellites; 3) map the small and large scale structure of cold gas throughout the Milky Way; and 4) spectroscopically characterize thousands of transients from LSST.  To address these goals, we will be conducting a five year survey of >2M stars with new multi-object, fiber-fed, spectrographs on the 6.5m MMT and Magellan/Clay telescopes, beginning in 2027. In this talk I will provide a broad overview of this new project.

Informal discussion with coffee, tea, and snacks to follow.

 

Hosted by Assistant Professor Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/91888702369?pwd=aUlaVEFYNGZHNlZWL0R3cEVWQXg4UT09

For more information, contact:
Rowan Kowalsky
rowan.m.kowalsky@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://physics.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=79079

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