Doctoral Student in Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics @ EPFL
The Disturbed Outer Milky Way Disc
Summer Project (2021)
Simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy being perturb by a Sagittarius-like dwarf galaxy impact (represented by a point particle).
Supervisor: Paul McMillan Project Description: In Gaia Early Data Release 3, a break in the vertical angular momentum-velocity plane can be disguished (Gaia Collaboration et al., 2021), a break that is suspected to have a dynamical origin.
As part of my summer project, I explore the possibility for a dynamical origin by conducting a series of N-body simulations of a Milky Way-like galaxy being perturb by a Sagittarius-like dwarf galaxy impact using the RAMSES code (Teyssier, 2002). Publication (2nd-author):ArXiv, MNRAS
