| Education |
2006-Current |
Astronomy PhD Candidate
(expected graduation - 2012) |
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- Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA)
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2002-2005 |
BSc in Physics |
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(Beer Sheva, Israel) |
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Research Interests |
| Massive galaxies at
low and high redshift |
| Galaxy formation and
evolution |
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| Publications |
Refereed Journals |
"Observations of dark and luminous matter: the radial distribution of
satellite galaxies around massive red galaxies" |
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Tal, T., Wake, D., van Dokkum, P.,
2012, submitted to ApJL
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"Mass growth and mergers: direct observations of the luminosity function
of LRG satellite galaxies out to z=0.7 from SDSS and BOSS" |
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Tal, T., Wake, D., van Dokkum, P.,
van den Bosch, F., Schneider, D., Brinkmann, J. and Weaver, B.
2012, ApJ 746
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"First results from the 3D-HST survay: the striking diversity of
massive galaxies at z>1" |
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van Dokkum P., Brammer, G., Fumagalli, M.,
Nelson, E., Franx, M., Rix, H., Kriek, M., Patel, S., Schmidt, K.,
Bezanson, R., Bian, F., de Chuna, E., Erb, D., Fan, X.,
Forster Schreiber, N., Illingworth, G., Labbe, I., Lundgren, B.,
Magee, D., Marchesini, D., McCarthy, P., Muzzin, A., Quadri, R.,
Skelton, R., Steidel, C.,Tal, T., Wake, D., Whitaker, K.,
Williams, A.
2011, ApJL 743
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"The NEWFIRM medium-band survey: photometric catalogs, redshifts and
the bimodal color distribution of galaxies out to z~3" |
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Whitaker, K., Labbe, I., van Dokkum, P.,
Brammer, G., kriek, M., Marchesini, D., Quadri, R., Franx, M., Muzzin, A.,
Williams, R., Bezanson, R. Illingworth, G., Lee, K., Lundgren, B.,
Nelson, E., Rudnick, G., Tal, T. and Wake, D.,
2011, ApJ 735
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"The faint stellar halos of massive red galaxies from stacks of
more than 42000 SDSS LRG images" |
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Tal, T. and van Dokkum, P. G.,
2011, ApJ 731
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"The Growth of Massive Galaxies Since z=2" |
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van Dokkum, P. G., Whitaker, K.,
Brammer, G., Franx, M., Kriek, M., Labbe, I., Marchesini, D.,
Quadri, R., Bezanson, R., Illingworth, G., Muzzin, A., Rudnick, G.,
Tal, T., Wake, D., 2010, ApJ 709
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"The Frequency of Tidal Features Associated with Nearby Luminous
Elliptical Galaxies from a Statistically Complete Sample" |
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Tal, T., van Dokkum, P. G.,
Nelan, J., Bezanson, R. 2009, AJ 138
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"The Relation Between Compact, Quiescent High-redshift Galaxies and
Massive Nearby Elliptical Galaxies: Evidence for Hierarchical, Inside-Out
Growth" |
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Bezanson, R., van Dokkum, P. G., Tal,
T., Marchesini, D., Kriek, M., Franx, M. & Coppi, P. 2009,
ApJ 697 |
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"A Spectacular Hα Complex in Virgo: Evidence for a Collision between
M86 and NGC 4438 and Implications for the Collisional ISM Heating of
Ellipticals" |
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Kenney, J., Tal, T., Crowl, H.,
Feldmeier, J., Jacoby, G., 2008, ApJL 687 |
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Conferences |
BOSS meeting - NYU,
New York, NY (2011): |
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"Observations of the dark and luminous mass profiles of LRG environments
at z=0.34"
(Contributed talk) |
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SDSS III meeting - Vanderbilt,
Nashville, TN (2011): |
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"Mergers and mass growth: observations of the luminosity function
of satellite galaxies around LRGs out to z=0.7"
(Contributed talk) |
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Galaxy formation - Durham,
United Kingdom (2011): |
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"Mass growth and mergers: Direct observations of the luminosity function
of LRG satellites out to z=0.7"
(Contributed talk) |
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Evolution of galaxies, their central
black holes and their large-scale environment -
Potsdam, Germany (2010): |
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"The stellar halos of massive red galaxies out to 400 kpc"
(Contributed talk) |
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The monster's fiery breath: feedback
in galaxies, groups, and clusters - Madison, WI (2009): |
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"Searching for a gravitational heating signature in nearby luminous
ellipticals" (Poster) |
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Other talks |
Lunch talk
(Carnegie observatories, October 2011) |
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Astrophysics seminar
(Santa Barbara, October 2011) |
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Astronomy tea talk
(Caltech, October 2011) |
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FLASH
(Santa Cruz, October 2011) |
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BCG seminar
(Berkeley, October 2011) |
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Friday scientific lunch talk
(NOAO, October 2011) |
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Astrophysics seminar
(Technion, August 2011) |
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Astronomy lunch talk
(Leiden University, July 2011) |
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Galaxy lunch
(Yale, July 2011) |
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ITC group meeting
(CfA, April 2011) |
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NMBS workshop
(Yale, May 2010) |
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FLASH talk
(NOAO, Apr 2008) |
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Lunch talk
(UMASS, May 2007) |
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| Research Experience
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Observing |
CTIO 4m - NEWFIRM (Jan 11, Jun10),
Mosaic (Feb 09) |
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WIYN 3.5m - MiniMosaic
(Mar 09), SparsePak IFU (Mar 09, Feb 08, Apr 07) |
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SMARTS 1m - Y4K imager (Jun 08) |
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KPNO 4m - Mosaic (Apr 08, Apr 07) |
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Teaching |
"Galaxies and the Universe" at Yale Univ.,
Spring 2009 (teaching assistant) |
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"Life in the Universe" at Yale Univ.,
Fall 2008 (teaching assistant) |
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"Introduction to cosmology" at Yale Univ.,
Fall 2007 (teaching assistant) |
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"Frontiers and controversies in
astrophysics" at Yale Univ., Spring 2007 (teaching assistant) |
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"Galaxies and cosmology" at Yale Univ.,
Fall 2006 (teaching assistant) |
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| Honors & Awards |
2011 |
NASA CT Space Grant graduate fellowship
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2009 |
Boris Garfinkel award
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2007 |
NSF graduate research - honorable mention
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2007 |
Beatrice Tinsley award |
2005 |
Ben-Gurion University undergraduate award
for academic achievements |
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