Research
The Dynamics Of tHe Local Group
Work led by Dr. Ekta Patel, Dr. Nico Garavito Camargo, and Katie Chamberlain
Modeling the motions of galaxies in our Local Group (the Milky Way, Andromeda and the galaxies that orbit them) and placing them in a cosmological context.
Garavito-Camargo, Patel, Besla + 2021
Patel + 2020, 2018, 2017a, 2017b
Chamberlain + 2023
Follow the effort led by Mia de los Reyes to change the name of the Clouds and acknowledge their historic role within the cultures across the Southern Hemisphere:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronomers-renaming-magellanic-clouds
The LMC and SMC
Hydrodynamic simulations and observational studies of the evolution of the LMC and SMC, the largest satellites galaxies of the Milky Way. (Data from Besla+2013,2012 simulations is available upon request)
Ongoing work led by Himansh Rathore, Dr Paul Zivick, and Dr Yumi Choi
Besla + 2016, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2007
Oey+2018
Interactions Between Dwarf GAlaxies
Ongoing work by Katie Chamberlain, Dr. Sarah Pearson & the Tiny Titans Collaboration.
Dynamical modeling, cosmological statistics, and observational studies of dwarf galaxy pairs across cosmic time.
Understanding Dark Matter
Ongoing work led by Hayden Foote
Simulations to test the nature of dark matter and make predictions for direct detection experiments and observational surveys.
CircumGalactic Medium of the Milky Way
Ongoing work by Dr David Setton and Chris Carr
Understanding the circumgalactic medium through hydrodynamic simulations of the LMC and its 30 kpc bow shock.
The Milky Way - Andromeda Collision
Simulations of the future fate of our Milky Way and its nearest Galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
These simulations are being utilized as the basis for semester long research projects in ASTR400B : Galaxies and Cosmology, a class for astronomy seniors at UArizona.