2022-10-10 - 2022-10-14
Fabian Walter
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
The Atacama Large (Sub-)Millimeter Array (ALMA) has revolutionised the way that the evolution of galaxies through cosmic time can be studied. In this series of lectures, we will discuss how a radio interferometer such as ALMA works in practice, and how it can be used to study the interstellar medium, the fuel for star formation, in galaxies. We then discuss recent ALMA observations that target the interstellar medium in galaxies from the nearby Universe all the way out to the Epoch of Reionization (when the first galaxies formed). These observations provide unique insights on when and how the stars that we observe in galaxies today have been formed.
