Title:  
Searching for the Remnants of Galaxy Formation


Daniel Pisano
CSIRO-ATNF, Australia



Abstract:

I will present the results of an HI survey for the gaseous remnants of the
galaxy formation process around isolated and group galaxies.  Such
remnants are predicted to exist by models of hierarchical galaxy formation
and may still be falling onto galaxies today.  Our survey to date has
found many gas-rich dwarf galaxies, but no HI clouds without stars.  I
will discuss how this data compare to models of galaxy formation,
measurements of the HI mass function, and what they imply for the nature
of high-velocity clouds