Title and Abstract of Peter's talk:
Decoding Galaxy Formation Physics with the UniverseMachine
Abstract:
I
discuss
new
methods
that
allow
computers
to
recover
the
underlying
physics
of
galaxy
formation
using
only
galaxy
observations
and
dark
matter
simulations,
and
show
how
these
methods
have
already
changed
our
understanding
of
galaxy
formation
physics
(including
why
galaxies
stop
forming
stars).
Basic
extensions
to
the
same
techniques
allow
constraining
internal
galaxy
processes,
including
coevolution
between
galaxies
and
supermassive
black
holes
as
well
as
time
delays
for
supernova
/
GRB
progenitors.
Finally,
I
discuss
how
these
methods
will
benefit
from
the
enormous
amount
of
upcoming
data
in
widefield
(HETDEX,
LSST,
Euclid,
WFIRST)
and
targeted
(JWST,
GMT)
observations,
as
well
as
ways
they
can
benefit
observers,
including
making
predictions
for
future
telescopes
(especially
JWST)
and
testing
which
of
many
possible
targeted
observations
would
best
constrain
galaxy
formation
physics.
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