Modeling Spatially and Spectrally Resolved Observations to Diagnose the Formation of Elliptical Galaxies
In extragalactic astronomy, a central challenge is that we cannot directly watch what happens to galaxies before and after they are observed. This dissertation focuses on linking predictions of galaxy time-evolution directly with observations, evaluating how interactions, mergers, and other processe...
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Harvard University
2013
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10893 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11124849 |