Astronomy Journal Club

I will present a variety of extragalactic science projects from two of the leading submillimeter telescopes, with a special focus on continuum studies. First, I will discuss a recent 350 micron follow-up survey of submillimeter-selected galaxies (SMGs) from the CSO. The new data give the first firm far-infrared characterization of this elusive population of distant galaxies, confirming the radio to far-infrared correlation out to high-z. In the second part, I will give a brief summary of the various extragalactic science efforts we are presently pursuing at the APEX telescope in Chile. I will focus on bolometer studies of deep fields and nearby galaxies, but will also mention the ongoing Sunyayev-Zel'dovich cluster survey, and molecular (CO) line studies.