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    PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS   ST ScI Use Only
                                                       ID:      9924
                                                       Version: 1
                                                       Check-in Date: 04-Apr-2003
                                                                      10:18:57

1.Proposal Title:
Resolving Galaxy Formation and Evolution for Interpretation of HST Observations
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2. Proposal For  3. Cycle
AR               11
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4. Investigators
                                                                                     Contact?
    PI: Jeffrey Gardner                   University of Pittsburgh
   CoI: Dr. James Wadsley                 McMaster University                           N
   CoI: Dr. Andrew Connolly               University of Pittsburgh                      N
   CoI: Dr. Andrew Hopkins                University of Pittsburgh                      N

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5. Abstract

The study of galaxy formation and evolution has long been a primary goal of HST.
Unfortunately, observations only provide snapshots of galaxies at a fixed time in
their development. What remains elusive is a reliable framework for interpreting
these snapshots and assembling them into a coherent picture of galaxy evolution. We
propose to build this framework. This past year, we achieved the landmark milestone
of successfully "growing,'" in hydrodynamic simulations, two high-redshift linear
perturbations into robust realizations of galaxies. The galaxies, one in a Lambda-
CDM cosmology and the other in warm dark matter, exhibited stable disks, accurate
scale- lengths, and reasonable dynamical and morphological characteristics. By
simulating many galaxies of different masses, formation times, interaction histories
and environment, we will explore galaxy properties over a wide range of parameter
space in a campaign designed to complement current HST observations. We will also
produce synthetic imaging of these galaxies in order to provide data in a form that
is easily usable by the HST observational community.
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            Summary Form for Proposal  9924

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