Feb 04, 2015
Hey Everyone! Here is a computer simulation of what the first nine billion years of a spiral galaxy's evolution might look like. The research behind it was done by a group at Harvard. For this simulation, they use hydrodynamics in a computer code called AREPO. Here is the link for their site if you would like to know more.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itc/research/movingmesh...
Enjoy!
We derive the ages and other properties of stars by combining theoretical astrophysics, data from the best telescopes, Bayesian statistical analyses, and advanced computational techniques. We have developed an algorithm that allows us to combine the age information from multiple white dwarf stars to derive the age of our Galaxy. We request funds to support converting our algorithm to high-performance software code. From this we will both derive the age of the Galaxy as well as make our code publicly available for other research groups.
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