Kolloquien
Sommersemester 2018
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Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Otto-Haxel-Hörsaal
freitags 17:15
Vorträge
6.7.2018 17:00
KIP, INF 227, Otto-Haxel-Hörsaal
Hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation have now reached
sufficient physical
fidelity to allow detailed predictions for their
formation and evolution over cosmic time.
I will review the
foundations of this methodology and describe results from recent
efforts to construct a new generation of cosmic structure formation
models. These
numerical simulations need to tackle a complex
multi-scale, multi-physics problem.
They now succeed in making
accurate predictions for matter clustering on
cosmologically relevant
scales, while at the same time being able to compute detailed
galaxy
morphologies, the enrichment of diffuse gas with heavy elements, or
the amplification of magnetic fields during structure growth. They
also support the
notion that supermassive black holes are crucial for
setting the final life stages of
galaxies.