Dr Smriti Mahajan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone: 58213
E-mail s.mahajan1@uq.edu.au
B.Sc.(Physics, Delhi); M.Sc. (Physics, Delhi); Ph.D. (Astrophysics, Birmingham)
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Research Interests Formation and evolution of galaxies, star formation in galaxies, Impact of Large-scale structure on galaxy properties
Available Projects
| Title | Body | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Red vs Blue: An issue of star formation? |
Traditionally, blue galaxies are classified as young and star-forming and red ones as being dead and passively evolving. But, at optical wavelengths a galaxy can also appear red if it has lots of dust produced during star formation. Such a dusty galaxy will shine out as a `blue' infrared-... |
Honours Project Summer Project |
| Are post-starburst galaxies really dead? |
Lack of emission from young stars in spectroscopic data of some nearby galaxies suggest that their star formation has recently been quenched. However, this can also happen if the young stars in these galaxies are hidden behind clouds of dust which emit at infra-red wavelengths only. In this... |
Honours Project Summer Project |
