SPS Seminar - “The formation of galaxy clusters”- Nina Hatch (University of Nottingham)

When:  Thursday 30^th January at 14.30 (coffee available from 14.00)

Where:  Robert Hooke Seminar Room

Speaker:   Nina Hatch – University of Nottingham

Hosted by:  Beatriz Mingo, John Bray

Abstract:

Distant galaxy clusters are powerful laboratories for observing the hierarchical growth of large-scale structure, constraining cosmological parameters, and for studying the formation of galaxies. However, distant (z > 1.5) clusters are extremely rare and faint, so locating and studying them poses a significant observational challenge. In this seminar, I will review the theory of cluster formation and present recent advances we have made in detecting and studying distant galaxy clusters.