WEDNESDAY, July 22

Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Talk, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Hameetman Auditorium
"The Darkest Galaxies," Professor Marla Geha, Yale University.

Abstract:

In the past three years, fourteen Milky Way satellite galaxies have been discovered, more than doubling the known population. These newly discovered ``ultra-faint'' galaxies have emerged as the least luminous and most dark matter-dominated galaxies in the known Universe. They
are dramatically reshaping our understanding of galaxy formation and may hold the keys to deciphering the nature of dark matter. I will review our current understand of the ultra-faint galaxies, focusing on the constraints these objects provide on dark matter.

Sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies