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Description
In this talk, I will briefly discuss some of the existing evidence for the morphological and dynamical transformation of galaxies through cosmic time. This transformation is thought to result from the complex interplay between the hierarchical merging of dark matter halos and baryonic processes.
I will introduce the Middle-Ages Galaxy Properties with Integral field spectroscopy (MAGPI) Survey, a VLT/MUSE large programme designed to replicate the depth and spatial resolution of local integral field spectroscopy surveys at intermediate redshift (z~0.3). MAGPI provides a 3D snapshot of the dynamical state of both the ionised gas and stars in galaxies at the highest feasible lookback time. I will discuss and contrast visually identified kinematic morphologies of MAGPI galaxies with local comparable surveys, using MUSE-derived gas and stellar kinematic maps.
Presented results will focus on the dynamical state of galaxies in MAGPI in light of predictions from cosmological simulations.
