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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, Coffee and Cookies at 3:15 PM
SUMMARY:New Tools for Galactic Archaeology from the Milky Way\, Astron
 omy Colloquium\, Gail Zasowski\, Johns Hopkins University
DESCRIPTION:One of the critical components for understanding galaxy ev
 olution is understanding the Milky Way Galaxy itself -- its detailed s
 tructure and chemodynamical properties\, as well as fundamental stella
 r physics\, which we can only study in great detail locally.  This fie
 ld is currently undergoing a dramatic expansion towards the kinds of l
 arge-scale statistical analyses long used by the extragalactic and oth
 er communities\, thanks in part to an enormous influx of data from spa
 ce- and ground-based surveys.  I will describe the Milky Way and Local
  Group in the context of general galaxy evolution and highlight some r
 ecent developments in Galactic astrophysics that take advantage of the
 se big data sets and analysis techniques.  In particular\, I will focu
 s on two diverse approaches: one to characterize the distribution and 
 dynamics of the carbon-rich\, dusty diffuse ISM\, and one to map the r
 esolved bulk stellar properties of the inner disk and bulge.  The rapi
 d progress in these areas promises to continue\, with the advent of co
 ming data sets from missions like SDSS-IV\, Gaia\, and LSST.<br><br><b
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4056
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