Abstract:Galaxies are generally considered as the basic building blocks of the Universe. Besides stars, galaxies also contain a supermassive black hole, a dark matter halo, and a multi-phase interstellar medium that consists of molecules, atoms, ions, and dust grains. A global picture of the structure, dynamics, formation, and evolution of galaxies requires observations of all these different components, and hence a multi-wavelength approach. We describe the main contributions of the UGent astronomy group to extragalac… Show more
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