SAIP2016

Streams out of a Cloud

6 Jul 2016, 10:00

20m

5A (Kramer Law building)

Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics Astrophysics (1)

Speaker

Dr Nathan Deg (UCT)

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, N/A)?

N/A

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

No

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)<br><a href="http://events.saip.org.za/getFile.py/access?resId=0&materialId=0&confId=34" target="_blank">Formatting &<br>Special chars</a>

Stellar streams provide powerful constraints on the shape and structure of the Milky Way's dark matter halo. In this talk I will present a new particle cloud based algorithm for modelling stellar streams. The particle cloud method is computationally efficient while providing a good approximation to actual details of tidal stripping. I will demonstrate the algorithm's success in a number of test cases.

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Claude Carignan
ccarignan@ast.uct.ac.za
UCT

Please indicate whether<br>this abstract may be<br>published online<br>(Yes / No)

Yes

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No