Kevin Schawinski
Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date
20 September 2017
Host
Rainer Wallny
Title
Forward Modeling Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
Abstract
In order to build a physics-based account of how galaxies formed and evolved together with their central supermassive black holes, we need to be able to forward model the processes involved. I will present ways in which we can do this using a combination of phenomenological models and artificial intelligence. Using such models, we can explore how black holes interact with their host galaxies and how galaxies turn off their star formation.
Kevin Schawinski (left) with Rainer Wallny