How simple are galaxies?

Authors
Dr.
Yago Ascasibar
Date and time
15 Feb 2011 - 23:00 Europe/London
Address

Aula

Talk language
English
Slides language
English
Serie number
0
Description
Galaxies are arguably complex systems. However, they also display many scaling relations between their physical properties, hinting that it might be possible to summarize all this complexity within a few phenomenological parameters. In this talk, we will first address the question of how many parameters are indeed necessary in order to describe a galaxy, and then discuss some of them in detail, aiming towards a self-consistent, cartoon (yet remarkably accurate) picture of galaxy formation and evolution.