Iris P. Breda
IA

Abstract
Low-metallicity late-type dwarf galaxies are important laboratories of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. In this cookie seminar, following a brief introduction on the general properties of these galaxies and the motivation behind their study, I will present preliminary results from an ongoing integral field spectroscopy (IFS) study of UGC 4722 - one of the most isolated dwarf galaxies known. This metal-poor (12+log(O/H) ~ 7.5-7.6; Chengalur et al. 2015) and very gas rich dwarf galaxy (M_B=-17.4) shows extended star-forming activity and a ~14 kpc long stellar plume that has been suggested to result from a recent minor-merger episode. Using IFS data from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field spectroscopy Area survey (CALIFA) we study stellar age patterns and the (ionized-gas and stellar) kinematics in this galaxy with the goal of gaining insight into its evolutionary status and the role that interactions may have played on its assembly history.

2015 May 20, 13:30

IA/U.Porto
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Classroom)
Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto