Galaxy merger: a dynamic systems analysis approach

• Grant number: 07/01207-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Patricio Anibal Letelier Sotomayor
• Grantee: Tiago Amancio da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We shall study the galaxy merger process by an approach of dynamical analysis of systems, treating galaxies as compact objects of time-dependent mass. That approach will be compared to the usual models based on fluid dynamics.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Tiago Amancio da. Gravitational systems with variable mass: galaxy merger. 2009. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.