Chien-Ting Chen

PhD Candidate in Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Dartmouth College

Galaxy evolution through cosmic time can only be understood by studying the properties of galaxies with multi-wavelength extragalactic survey. In particular, it is known that galaxy evolution is closely related to the large scale environment (the dark matter halos) they reside in, and the evolution of galaxies and the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in their centers are also closely connected.

To uncover the mechanisms that scale the systems from a few AU to mega-parsec scale, I'm currently working on research projects about the correlation between the supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. My work involves analyzing multi-wavelength observations in the Boötes field, including data from Chandra, Spitzer, Herschel, the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (AGES) catalog and NOAO Deep Wide Field Survey (NDWFS). The goal of my research is to put together a more complete picture on the evolution of galaxies, AGNs and the dark matter halos

Research Interests

Galaxy Evolution

Formation and evolution of supermassive black holes

Active Galactic Nuclei

Large Scale Structure of the Universe

Recent Work

AGN activity and Star Formation in Host Galaxies (Paper submitted)

Obscuration in AGN: are they related to star-formation? (Papers in prep.)

Theory: Shockwaves in the formation of supermassive black holes