Observational Studies of Interacting Galaxies and the Development of the Wide Integral Field Infrared Spectrograph

Interacting galaxies are thought to be the essential building blocks of elliptical galaxies under the hierarchical galaxy formation scenario. The goal of my dissertation is to broaden our understanding of galaxy merger evolution through both observational studies and instrument developments. Observa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chou, Chueh-Yi
Other Authors: Abraham, Roberto
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35173