The spinning of galaxies in the web of our Universe

In our Universe, the majority of galaxies spin, but where is their angular momentum coming from? In this talk, I will discuss the complex large-scale structure of our Universe and how galaxies spin in this cosmic web. Galaxies with different shapes are found to spin in different ways within the large-scale cosmic structure, exposing understandings on how galaxies acquire their angular momentum. I will present the latest studies on the topic that use data from the Anglo-Australian Telescope in NSW, comparing them with works done with computer simulations, revealing insights on the various formation pathways of different kind of galaxies.

Dr. Stefania Barsanti

Stefania is a Messel Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. From 2021 to 2024 she was an ASTRO 3D research fellow at the Australian National University. She received her PhD from Macquarie University in 2021. Before Australia, she studied physics and astronomy in Italy.

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