Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy Commons^™

Environmentally Driven Galaxy Evolution And Quenching: Insights From The Low-Redshift Circumgalactic Medium, Joseph Burchett

Doctoral Dissertations

The gaseous halos of galaxies -- the circumgalactic medium (CGM) -- serve as interfaces playing host to the fueling and feedback processes that sustain and regulate star formation. Furthermore, interactions between galaxies one with another and with larger scale structure, such as galaxy cluster halos, must necessarily act through the CGM. This dissertation examines the CGM as traced by H I, C IV, and O VI absorption lines across wide range of halo environments, from isolated dwarf galaxies with M_* < 10⁸ M_sun to galaxy clusters with M_halo > 10¹⁴ M_sun. By first conducting a blind …