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Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation: physics and numericsDr Tom Theuns (University of Durham)11:30, Wednesesday 18th February, 2009Room 6.08, School of Computing, University of LeedsAbstractThe aim of cosmological simulations is to start from basic physics and the initial conditions provided by the micro-wave background, and form galaxies that look like observed ones. This requires large computational resources, given the huge dynamic range in length and time scales involved. Analysing the tens of Tbytes of data is challenging in itself: why do the simulated galaxies behave as they do, and what are their properties? I will give a brief introduction to the numerical methods used, the current state of the art in galaxy formation simulations, and the challenges posed by running and analysing these simulations.
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