Review Paper
Due date: Friday, December 6th, 6pm (upload to Canvas)
Confirm topic with me by Friday, October 25th
Presentation Schedule
Presentation Schedule
- Monday, November 18th:
- Zechmann: Primordial black holes
- Ferrel: Dark matter particle candidates
- Wednesday, November 20th:
- Skinner: The first stars
- Moore: Missing baryon problem
- Friday, November 22nd:
- Gregoire: SN feedback in SAMs
- Brummel-Smith: SN feedback in numerical simulations
- Monday, November 25th:
- Li: Orbital decay models of SMBH binaries and GW background
- Ferguson: Constraining models of galaxy formation with GWs from SMBHs
- Monday, December 2nd:
- Lott: Origins of the relation between a galaxy and its central BH
- Allen: AGN feedback on galaxy formation
List of Potential Topics
List of Potential Topics
(as people choose their topics, I will cross them out here)
Dark matter particle candidates- Gravitational waves from inflation
Primordial black holes- Streaming velocities between baryons and dark matter at recombination
- Dark matter annihilation
- Warm dark matter
- Constraining dark energy with baryon acoustic oscillations
The first stars- The impact of reionization on galaxy formation
- Quenching of satellite galaxies
- Observational constraints on the shapes of dark matter halos
- The nature of damped Lyman alpha systems
- Origin of the cosmic star formation history
The missing baryon problem- Origin of the mass-metallicity relation of galaxies
The impact of AGN feedback on galaxy formationOrigin of the relation between a galaxy and its central black hole- What can globular clusters teach us about galaxy formation?
- The angular momentum distribution of gas in dark matter halos
Supernova feedback in numerical simulationsSupernova feedback in semi-analytical modelsConstraining models of galaxy formation with gravitational waves from SMBH mergersOrbital binary SMBH decay models and the gravitational wave background- Formation and dynamics of cosmological bubbles
- or define your own and confirm with me!
Instructions & Guidelines
Instructions & Guidelines
- Pick one of the topics in the list or define your own
- One topic per student – first come first serve!
- Search the literature for relevant papers (arXiv, ADS are very useful!). References in the textbook are also handy.
- Pick 2-4 papers that will form the basis of your paper
- As a guideline, pick papers with at least 10 citations per year since publication (see "citation history" in ADS entries)
- Read your chosen papers and work through them until you understand the theoretical basis for their findings.
- Write a review paper (8-10 pages) that summarizes your findings. This page count does not include references. Include any relevant figures, equations, and tables in your paper.
- Prepare a ~20 minute presentation based on your paper that you will give at the end of the term.