Title: 

The Mass Assembly History of Field Galaxies of Known Morphology



Chris Conselice
California Institute of Technology


Abstract:

New space based surveys with Hubble, such as the Hubble Deep
Field and GOODS, combined with ground based data are allowing us to
determine how galaxy populations change over cosmic time.  This empirical
information can be used to construct the formation history of galaxies. An
important approach to this problem is understanding how measurable
properties of galaxies, such as masses, luminosities, sizes and
morphologies change from initial galaxy formation until the present day,
and how these characteristics are related to modes of formation, such as
galaxy merging.  I will discuss these issues, including how these
observations compare with physically based models of galaxy formation.

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