Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Challenging the galaxy formation paradigm . We aim to understand the origins of newly discovered Ultra Diffuse Galaxies. Their extreme properties challenge many assumptions und

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Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Challenging the galaxy formation paradigm . We aim to understand the origins of newly discovered Ultra Diffuse Galaxies. Their extreme properties challenge many assumptions underpinning the accepted cosmological framework within which galaxies form, especially the role of dark matter and its interaction with normal matter. Outcomes, enabled by the world’s best telescopes, novel machine learning techniques and supercomputer simulations of galaxy formation, will be a large new sample with measurements of their key properties and a clarification of their formation pathways. Benefits are the development of machine learning galaxy detection techniques, essential for future large data volumes, and a firmer understanding of the role of dark matter in forming galaxies over cosmic time.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences. Lead: Prof Jean Brodie