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Collaborative Research: Galaxy Groups in Focus: Bridging Galaxy Formation and Cosmology — NSF Award to University of Colorado at B

Rather than alone or in dense clusters, most galaxies are found near a few others, in what astronomers call galaxy groups. Because of their ubiquity, they are important tracers of the underlying dark matter distribution. As such, they can be reliable tools for confronting predictions from cosmology. However, this can o

Award titleCollaborative Research: Galaxy Groups in Focus: Bridging Galaxy Formation and Cosmology
Award ID2511136
AwardeeUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
CityBOULDER
StateCO
Amount obligated$348,735
Principal investigatorBenjamin Oppenheimer
ProgramOFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC, EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRON & COSMOLO
Start date09/01/2025
AbstractRather than alone or in dense clusters, most galaxies are found near a few others, in what astronomers call galaxy groups. Because of their ubiquity, they are important tracers of the underlying dark matter distribution. As such, they can be reliable tools for confronting predictions from cosmology. However, this can only happen if the complex gas and stellar properties of these systems are well understood. A collaboration between researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Yale Uni
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