Collaborative Research: Understanding dusty galaxies: as observed, as simulated, and as drivers of galaxy evolution

这个合作项目的目标是利用红外发光星系的光谱能量分布(SED)和形态来研究星系的形成和演化。SED将允许推断星系中的物理条件，例如活动星系核在加热尘埃方面的作用。与观测到的形态一起，该计划将确定恒星形成的模式，以及它主要是通过星系合并还是通过星系间介质持续的气体吸积到星系中发生的。这项工作的广泛影响包括对本科生的培训，一个公开发布的SED库，以及一个公开发布的星系演化建模代码。

The goal of this collaborative program is to use the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and morphologies of infrared luminous galaxies to study galaxy formation and evolution. The SED will allow inference of the physical conditions in a galaxy such as the role of an active galactic nucleus in heating the dust. Together with the observed morphology, the program will determine the mode of star formation, and whether it occurs primarily through galaxy mergers or by continuous gas accretion onto the galaxy from the intergalactic medium.Broader impacts of the work include training of undergraduate students, a publicly released SED library, and a publicly released galaxy evolution modeling code.