https://www.werksquad.com/home daily 1.0 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/a304c73b-1a47-4268-b0f0-175d99e509de/blue-background.jpg Home - join the team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1667259581227-9I1F1OW0QPMCL8T6TJ8Q/hudson-hintze-vpxeE7s-my4-unsplash.jpg Home - For us, the universe revolves around our students In our SQuAD, the search for answers in the vast expanse of the universe is first and foremost student powered. In other words: driven by the curiosity, passion, and unique vision of our students. We support each other’s work, and challenge each other to be the best versions of ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666116964266-OEG65V9ZSFQDFSDZT3KS/WS-Home-Banner.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666979314190-4BXS0G4KN2YUJDDC11PG/unsplash-image-Q_RBVFFXR_g.jpg Home https://www.werksquad.com/team daily 0.75 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1667245743338-XI96NXYD0AV0XGOTRFH3/Jess_headshot_2021.jpg The Team - Meet the PI Jessica Werk is a professor of astronomy at the University of Washington. She studies the extended gaseous atmospheres of galaxies and the role they play in galaxy formation and evolution. She is primarily an observational astronomer with expertise in optical and ultraviolet spectroscopy, and uses both ground and space-based telescopes to carry out her research. She works closely with theorists to interpret the data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/a304c73b-1a47-4268-b0f0-175d99e509de/blue-background.jpg The Team - Seeking cosmic adventurers Do you want to make astronomical discoveries with us? Learn more about how to join the SQuAD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/c0508cf6-5f48-4bce-90e4-fa7aad58d720/Squad2018-edit.jpg The Team - Meet our squad We are a group of collaborative astronomers with the goal of achieving a better understanding of our cosmic origins. The SQuAD is driven, detail oriented, and rigorous - and is working to tease out clues to the inner workings of galaxy evolution. The Werk SQuAD 2019, from left to right: Travis Mandeville, Steven Bet, Sophia Taylor, Mercedes Thompson, Apurva Goel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666140449297-DXN4LQPBM6ZT608EBOA6/unsplash-image-euQVngjZGSI.jpg The Team https://www.werksquad.com/publications daily 0.75 2023-01-18 https://www.werksquad.com/join-the-team daily 0.75 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1667253534149-RKKBYMCNUZP1X0RWEEJA/unsplash-image-W8KTS-mhFUE.jpg Join the Team - Creativity We use a variety of methods and value new ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1667253324026-PD2DJ9JFLUS63JIXKD1J/unsplash-image-__U6tHlaapI.jpg Join the Team - Collaboration We work together and freely share our resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1667253437032-BZFU6L4GJ8331W75R3B6/unsplash-image-WYkl8rqaVUQ.jpg Join the Team - Curiosity We are driven to understand the composition of the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666140543978-WST3CFT2PBW4652MY826/unsplash-image-KZgKKl7__ww.jpg Join the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666140672471-RV9OP5KOYRXGOJQ50UF1/unsplash-image-v7ibB19EUbQ.jpg Join the Team https://www.werksquad.com/projects daily 0.75 2022-10-19 https://www.werksquad.com/projects/the-extent-of-the-circumgalactic-medium-hi monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/c1c13d32-1d7a-4814-a391-d70bae3c6e4d/unsplash-image-mwhklqGVzck.jpg Projects - The Extent of the Circumgalactic Medium: HI https://www.werksquad.com/projects/circumgalactic-o-vi-from-dwarf-to-massive-star-forming-galaxies monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666216157247-NQKUTLWI717YYPH4I1PC/unsplash-image-45Z6hW1dQMI.jpg Projects - Circumgalactic O VI from Dwarf to Massive Star-forming Galaxies https://www.werksquad.com/projects/metal-loss-from-galaxies monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/43e1dc59-60fb-48c0-a7f0-71a5130eb423/unsplash-image-sgrCLKYdw5g.jpg Projects - Metal Loss from Galaxies https://www.werksquad.com/projects/the-quastar-survey-detecting-hidden-low-velocity-gas-in-the-milky-ways-circumgalactic-medium monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/b1475629-a311-4183-ab52-038fe01ceec4/unsplash-image-QwoNAhbmLLo.jpg Projects - The QuaStar Survey: Detecting Hidden Low-velocity Gas in the Milky Way's Circumgalactic Medium https://www.werksquad.com/projects/the-nature-of-ionized-gas-in-the-milky-way-galactic-fountain monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1670701707123-SVB6ZHQM4ZMUHA4U0JND/unsplash-image-WY9d95jjTD4.jpg Projects - The Nature of Ionized Gas in the Milky Way Galactic Fountain https://www.werksquad.com/projects/tomography-and-kinematics-at-the-milky-ways-disk-halo-interface monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1670701357856-DQWN4D7PIHO93PTQUPDF/unsplash-image--0eINgEiNw4.jpg Projects - Tomography and Kinematics at the Milky Way’s Disk-Halo Interface https://www.werksquad.com/projects/the-impact-of-cosmic-rays-on-the-kinematics-of-the-circumgalactic-medium monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1670701445714-ZYZULWKVHD4V6JGDHROF/unsplash-image-PAOv9-7VBMI.jpg Projects - The Impact of Cosmic Rays on the Kinematics of the Circumgalactic Medium https://www.werksquad.com/projects/black-hole-feedback-enriches-the-circumgalactic-medium monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1670701506010-30LE3SIXNWR2LMA5FU4F/unsplash-image-iMBBagKV6tc.jpg Projects - Black Hole Feedback Enriches the Circumgalactic Medium https://www.werksquad.com/projects/the-nature-and-fate-of-cool-clumpy-cgm-gas monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1670701643214-N7BUCTP57GHYH8Y8V9UT/unsplash-image--g-vfP1hpuQ.jpg Projects - The Nature and Fate of Cool, Clumpy CGM Gas https://www.werksquad.com/projects/category/low-redshift monthly 0.5 https://www.werksquad.com/projects/category/disk-halo monthly 0.5 https://www.werksquad.com/projects/category/simulations monthly 0.5 https://www.werksquad.com/research daily 0.75 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/799745f3-e6c7-4cb2-838c-ab87c75113ad/Werksquadphotoworking.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/a304c73b-1a47-4268-b0f0-175d99e509de/blue-background.jpg Research - ACCESS THE DATA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/1666209005168-8AILCGFTHF4XHD56F89C/unsplash-image-Hlkuojv_P6I.jpg Research https://www.werksquad.com/alumni daily 0.75 2023-01-18 https://www.werksquad.com/about-us daily 0.75 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/2da6d118-2779-4def-a54b-c5153299ff76/WerkSquad-Icons_Observatory+.png About Us - The Low-Redshift Circumgalactic Medium We are surveying the circumgalctic medium of the largest sample of galaxies to date, covering an area more than 5 times the virial radius from potential host galaxies. Ultimately, this new survey will set the standard for the next decade of CGM studies by providing the best constraints on gas cooling times, and mass flow rates into and out of the CGM, both as a function of cosmic time and galaxy properties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/11f92a82-0bde-4fb2-a249-4480189810b1/WerkSquad-Icons_Computer.png About Us - Direct Comparisons with State-of-the-Art Simulations Recent progress in hydrodynamical modeling has led to increasingly sophisticated treatments of diffuse halo gas that move well beyond the original envisioning of the Galactic fountain where spontaneous radiative instabilities cause clouds to cool and fall back down onto the disk ballistically. We collaborate with many groups running these sophisticated models to better understand the physics driving the gas flows through the circumgalactic medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/634e18d1add7446ca0907bae/b2d0ec2a-33d2-4a23-a6f5-8893372e10b1/WerkSquad-Icons-Atom.png About Us - The Disk/Halo Link: Synthesizing Gaseous Tracer Samples in the Milky Way Our own Milky Way halo is of great interest to us. 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