Doctoral Student in Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics @ EPFL
Colliding Galaxies in a (Nut)Shell
MSc Thesis Project (2022)
Simulation of two colliding disc galaxies (1:2 mass ratio) merging into a shell galaxy. The gas of the two systems is shown in blue, while the old and newly formed stellar populations are shown in grey and white respectively.
Supervisor: Florent Renaud Project Description: I run numerical simulations of two merging galaxies and their formation into a shell galaxy using the RAMSES code (Teyssier, 2002). Via a parameter survey, I explore different sets of parameters to find an orbtial configuration favourable for shell formation. From that, I perform an idealised high-resolution merger simulation and its formation into a shell galaxy, and analyse how the merger-driven star formation activity evolves throughout time, within the system, what the physical conditions are for it, and how it relates to the formation of shells. Thesis:LUP Student Papers Publication (first-author):ArXiv, MNRAS
