ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Revealing the Hidden Universe: A Comprehensive Study of Low-Mass Galaxies Beyond the Local Group
Low-mass (dwarf) galaxies, with masses under a few billion solar masses, hold significant importance in astrophysics. They are the key objects in challenging dark matter models on small scales, yet considerable uncertainties remain in our understanding of their baryonic physics. Dwarfs also hold important clues on early star formation and chemical enrichment, and on the buildup of galaxies and the black holes within them. However, studying them has been hard – their low surface brightness nature makes them challenging to detect using standard instrumentation and survey techniques. Despite decades of research, our understanding of dwarfs primarily relies on those in our galactic…
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