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Dissecting The Most Extreme Starburst Events In The Universe With Gravitational Lensing, Patrick S. Kamienski
Dissecting The Most Extreme Starburst Events In The Universe With Gravitational Lensing, Patrick S. Kamienski
Doctoral Dissertations
Three billions years after the Big Bang, the rate at which galaxies in the Universe were forming stars was at its peak. Colloquially known as Cosmic Noon, this epoch (redshift z ~ 2) is crucial to our understanding of how galaxies evolve with time. Dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) offer important clues to such fueling and quenching of star formation. With extreme infrared luminosities (1012 − 1014 solar luminosities), their inferred star formation rates are 100−10000 solar masses per year. Yet, the physical mechanisms by which they fuel this short-lived maximal starburst phase remain poorly understood. With this dissertation, …