Exactly 100 years after Hubble’s seminal work on the morphology of local galaxies, we will hold a timely workshop at KICC to connect the recent, high-redshift JWST discoveries to both predictions from theoretical models and studies of galaxy evolution across cosmic time, down to our own Milky Way galaxy. We want to bring together observers studying the structural evolution of galaxies with theorists and simulators to discuss recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the Hubble Sequence. The main purpose of our conference is to trigger cross discussions between observers and theorists on our current understanding on galaxy morphology, with an emphasis on revisiting the Hubble Sequence in the modern-day galaxy formation framework.
In summary, this medium-sized workshop will span a wide range of topics related to galaxy formation, including:
- Structural evolution of the first galaxies and their evolution into mature systems at later epochs, incl. structure of quiescent galaxies;
- Spatially resolved properties of early galaxies, including kinematics and stellar population gradients (incl. gas, dust and metals);
- Emergence of the first disc galaxies at early cosmic times and the connection to the spin-up of the Milky Way galaxy;
- Revisiting the disk morphology: the importance of bars and spiral arms;
- Physical processes that set the sizes and shapes of early galaxies, including accretion of gas, mode of star formation (cluster formation; bursty vs. continuous), black hole activity;
- Constraints on galaxy growth pathways obtained from the combination of observations with theoretical models.
Further details coming soon.
SOC: Sandro Tacchella (chair), Vasily Belokurov, Francesco D’Eugenio, Thorsten Naab, Eva Schinnerer, Debora Sijacki, Arjen van der Wel, Emily Wisnioski.
LOC: Lola Danhaive (co-chairs), Sandro Tacchella (co-chairs), Steve Brereton, Qiao Duan, Tze Goh, Júlia Laguna Miralles, William McClymont, Giulia Ortame, David Puskas, Eun-jin Shin, Debora Sijacki, Hadi Sotoudeh, Amanda Stoffers, Hanyuan Zhang.
For further information at this stage, please email: beyondhubble@kicc.cam.ac.uk.
