Frontiers in computational galaxy formation - Einzelansicht

Please send an email to sparre@uni-potsdam.de if you would like to attend the course. We will send around more information about the course the week before the semester start.

Please send an email to sparre@uni-potsdam.de if you would like to attend the course. We will send around more information about the course the week before the semester start.

Computer simulations of galaxy formation have evolved drastically in the last decade. Assuming a cosmological model, N-body simulations of dark matter can predict the large scale structure of the universe. Current state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations can furthermore predict properties of galaxy population, such as their clustering, stellar masses, galaxy colours, gas discs etc. A key challenge for the current generation of simulations is to obtain an understanding of how feedback from supermassive black holes and supernovae affect galaxies. In this course we review and discuss the literature that has shaped the field of cosmological galaxy formation simulations, and we outline future challenges for the field.