The Cool Gas Reservoir Cycle of Galaxies
by: Alyson Ford (NRAO - Green Bank)
The cycle of gas into and out of galaxies governs their observable evolution. Both accretion of gas onto galaxies and expulsion of gas from galaxies are driven by a variety of processes, whose relative importance is still not well understood. In this talk, I will give an overview of my research aimed at understanding some of these processes, including studying the disk-halo interface of the Milky Way, the connection between star formation and the gaseous content of early-type galaxies, environmental impacts and consequences of gas in and around dwarf galaxies, and the search for extended HI disks as a source for missing baryons.
