Speaker
Description
The Legacy 𝑒-MERLIN Multi-band Imaging of Nearby Galaxies survey (LeMMINGs) is a
statistically-complete census of nuclear accretion and star formation processes in the local Universe in active and not active galaxies. The LeMMINGs observations at 1.5 and 5 GHz yield angular resolutions on 10s milliarcsecond-scales, with sensitivities of 10s 𝜇Jy. Awarded 810 hours of observing time, the full statistical sample (at 1.5 GHz) plus several studies of individual objects have now been published. Combined with multi-wavelength follow-up observations, this survey will provide a unique legacy data set of our Galactic back yard, a springboard for the forthcoming SKA surveys. I will present an overview of the LeMMINGs results so far, including the 1.5 GHz sample results and associated Chandra X-ray data and optical HST data. I will describe the next steps for LeMMINGs to analyse the 5 GHz survey and produce widefield images to categories all radio sources in the LeMMINGs galaxies.
| In-person or online? | in-person |
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| keywords | local galaxies, active and non-active galaxies, AGN, jets, star formation |
| Career level | Mid-Senior |
