Simulations of Dust in Interacting Galaxies
a Ph.D. thesis by Patrik Jonsson
Here you can download my thesis and browse some auxiliary information:
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High-resolution movie
of the G3G3 merger, spinning around the system to see what it looks
like. Another movie,
all camera angles sequentially. (MPEG4 codec needed, you can use XviD or DivX.)
- A new movie
of the fiducial Sbc201a merger, all camera angles sequentially. Since
this is a much more gas-rich galaxy, star formation is more prominent
and there is a distinct blue "sparkling" effect as new stars are
formed and then fade. Because of low grid refinement settings, the
grid artefacts are fairly severe is the early stages, especially from
some camera angles. The time spacing between frames is 5 Myr.
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For more information about all simulations run, you can browse the data
directories. Just pick an N-body simulation and a dust simulation
from that, and you will find pages containing graphs, movies (much
rougher than the above ones) and data for individual viewpoints.
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The thesis itself: PDF for printing (2.6MB, for duplex) or PDF for computer browsing (2.6MB, with hyperlinks)
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Defense Presentation (Powerpoint)
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Also a link to the infamous Cox
(2004) thesis referenced so often in my thesis.
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The page for the Sunrise Monte-Carlo radiative transfer code I wrote to do the dust simulations
patrik@ucolick.org
Last modified: Mon Feb 07 10:51:06 2005