Title: After the Fall: The Dust and Gas in Post-Starburst Galaxies
Abstract:
A class of rare, rapidly quenched galaxies called Post-Starbursts (PSB) has played a unique role in galaxy evolution frameworks. Originally thought to be the simple stellar-dominated young analogs of quiescent systems, our understanding has shifted radically over the past decade and a half. PSBs have serendipitously been found to harbor unexpectedly large reservoirs of gas and dust in compact, turbulent cores, rivaling gas densities found in ULIRGs, but with star formation efficiencies suppressed by factors of ten. I'll describe the historical and very recent progress in cracking the code of the unusual ISM properties of these enigmatic systems.
Speaker: JD Smith (University of Toledo)
Artist rendition of a Post-Starburst Galaxy, which are unlike other galaxies as they form as an aftermath of mergers/violent collisions between galaxies. Picture Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
