Pitt/CMU Colloquium: Andrey Kravtsov (University of Chicago)

Date

Mon, Nov 30, 2026

Time

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Location

3943 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Thaw Hall 102

Host

Carnegie Mellon University

Details

Speaker: Andrey Kravtsov (University of Chicago) Title: Stress-testing LCDM structure formation paradigm on small scales Abstract: I will present a galaxy formation model within the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) framework that is calibrated on the results of galaxy formation simulations and some of the empirical properties of nearby dwarf galaxies. I will then use the model to interpret a numbe