dc.contributor.author | Lacaille, Kevin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-02T12:38:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-02T12:38:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-02T12:38:47Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72886 | |
dc.description.abstract | Part 1)
The brightest high-redshift sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs) represent the rarest and most extreme star-forming events in the Universe and are thought to be the progenitors to some of the most massive local galaxies. While short-lived, these SMGs contain intense stellar nurseries, which greatly affect the Universe’s evolution, and are found in protoclusters, the progenitors of the most massive local galaxy clusters. I present a sub-millimetre study of two high-redshift protoclusters in attempt to understand how galaxy assembly is accelerated in over-dense environments in the early Universe.
Part 2)
The evolution of the mass accretion rate remains largely unconstrained for the early stages of low-mass star formation. Examining the variation in the rate at which mass is accreted onto the central protostar is critical to understanding the physics of star formation. I present The JCMT Transient Survey's data reduction techniques and propose an improvement on their post-calibration image alignment methods. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Cosmology | en_US |
dc.subject | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.subject | Interstellar medium | en_US |
dc.subject | Image processing | en_US |
dc.subject | High-redshift | en_US |
dc.subject | Galaxy cluster | en_US |
dc.subject | Protostar | en_US |
dc.subject | Protocluster | en_US |
dc.subject | Sub-millimetre astronomy | en_US |
dc.subject | Sub-millimetre galaxy | en_US |
dc.subject | SMG | en_US |
dc.subject | Stars--Formation | |
dc.title | A SCUBA-2 survey of high-redshift galaxy protoclusters & The calibration of the JCMT Transient regions | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2017-04-18 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Ted Monchesky | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Harm Rotermund | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Laurent Kreplak | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Scott Chapman | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |