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Galaxies: Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution (Spring 2026)

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

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Semester Timeline
Date Topic Students pdf of presentation
March 26Mergers which Formed Milky Way HaloChakawri & BesselingHere
Mergers which Formed Milky Way HaloKaijser & GonzalezHere
Mergers which Formed Milky Way HaloBercuk & IconaruHere
April 2Lindblad Resonances, Spiral Density WavesBeekhuizen & van der ZwetHere
Elliptical Galaxy Scaling RelationsNieuwstraten & StootHere
Gas, Dust in Spiral GalaxiesHeitor & FonsecaHere
Disk Galaxy Scaling RelationsCoey & LadopoulosHere
Mapping Dark Matter Using Jeans RelationsLangerak & FerroHere
Elliptical Galaxy Scaling RelationsGavran & BeranHere
April 16Mass of Milky Way from GaiaRyduchowska & CorcoranHere
Core & Cusps in Elliptical GalaxiesZanello & ZirottiHere
Milky Way Satellite ReviewZandbergen & van HolkHere
April 30Age-Metallicity Degeneracy & MetallicitiesTejero & NtovaHere
Using clustering to Infer MassesTsioutsia & FistosHere
Metallicities of z>6 Galaxies with JWSTGarg & SutaHere
May 7Mass & Environmental Quenchingvan Beek & SchutteHere
Spectroscopy of early quiescent galaxiesLi & BaydarHere
Stellar Population AnalysesCarneiro & GilibaroHere