Exploring the local universe with massive stars

Authors
Dr.
Ben Davies
Date and time
12 Jan 2011 - 23:00 Europe/London
Address

Aula

Talk language
English
Slides language
English
Serie number
0
Description

Massive stars dominate the light output of entire galaxies, with luminosities in excess of 105 L⊙. This makes them powerful probes with which to study a range of astrophysical phenomena. In this talk I will review the recent results of our group, in which we have been able to shed new light on the recent star-forming history of our Galaxy, and the nature of supernova progenitors. I will also discuss our latest project, which is to use massive stars as tracers of extra-galactic star-forming histories out to distances of 10 Mpc and beyond.