AAO Colloquium


Tuesday 14 Oct 2003

3:30pm AAO Conference Room

Seeing the High-Redshift Universe in 3D

Andrew Bunker,   Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

I will discuss the results of our Gemini integral field spectroscopy using both CIRPASS in the near-infrared and GMOS in the optical. I will describe our demonstration science program, which highlights the many advantages of "3D" area spectroscopy over traditional techniques. I will show our first results on studies of the kinematics and star formation in z~1 galaxies, exploring galaxy evolution at these important epochs.