September 2005NVO Summer School1 Object Classification in the Virtual Observatory: A VO Status Report Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL.
Galaxy groups Michael Balogh Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Waterloo.
Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Mo, van den Bosch & White, 2010 Galactic Dynamics, Binney & Tremaine 2008.
Powering the intra-cluster filaments in cool-core clusters of galaxies
To measure the brightness distribution of galaxies, we must determine the surface brightness of the resolved galaxy. Surface brightness = magnitude within.
Galaxy Clustering Topology : Constraints on Galaxy Formation Models and Cosmological Parameters The CosPA 2009 Meeting, Nov. 18-20, 2009 Changbom Park.
CLUSTER SOFT EXCESS: NEW FACES OF AN OLD ENIGMA Richard Lieu University of Alabama, Huntsville Jonathan Mittaz Max Bonamente.
Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Section 4: Semi-Analytic Models of Galaxy Formation Joel R. Primack 2009, eprint arXiv:0909.2021 Presented by: Michael.
Radiative Efficiency and Content of Extragalactic Radio Sources Laura Bîrzan Collaborators: Brian McNamara (U. Waterloo), Paul Nulsen (CfA), Chris Carilli.
Battle of the Mass Estimators (Based on Bahcall and Tremaine, 1981) Nick Cowan UW Astronomy January 25, 2005.
Bubble heating in groups and clusters: the nature of ghost cavities Nazirah Jetha 1, Martin Hardcastle 2, Simon Weston 2, Arif Babul 3, Ewan O’Sullivan.
Benedetta Ciardi MPA Reionization Nucleosynthesis ‘Dark Ages’ Big Bang Fluctuations begin to condense into first stars and protogalaxies Decoupling matter-radiation.