Globular cluster systems of 707 nearby galaxies
In my 2nd Master's project working with Dr. Andrew Cooper, we used DESI Legacy Survey imaging data , to estimate the globular cluster (GC) density profiles and then GC number counts around 707 galaxies within 30 Mpc. Check out my first first-author paper, accepted to be published in ApJ, here !
Globular clusters - dark matter halos relation
In my first master’s project with Dr. Andrew Cooper, we studied the primordial globular cluster (GC) formation.
That hypothesis was introduced by Peeble (1984), which states that globular clusters can form inside
their own dark matter halos. To study that, we use the extended Press-Schechter method
(code from Parkinson et al. 2008) and input the modeling conditions of primordial GC formation.
We can reproduce the relationship between the number of GCs and dark matter halo mass, which agrees
with observational results on low-mass halos. Some results of this work have already been presented at the IAU 377 Symposium: EARLY DISK-GALAXY FORMATION
FROM JWST TO THE MILKY WAY.
You can find my poster here
Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA.
Quantifying turbulence in the molecular cloud N55
This summer (from Jun to mid-Aug, 2023), at Leiden Observatory the Netherlands,
I was involved in the Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students (LEAPS) 2023.
With Dr. Piyush Sharda, Dr. Mathilde Bouvier,
and Prof. Serena Viti, we quantify turbulence in the molecular cloud N55 in LMC.
Within the scope of the 10-week internship, we got the results for turbulence mode in N55, assuming LTE conditions.
Image credit: The Starry Night by Van Gogh.
Searching for low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs)
Starting from Oct 2024, I am a EDUCADO PhD candidate at Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands ,
working with Johan Knapen, Ignacio Trujillo ,
Michael Wilkinson (University of Groningen)
and Zeljko Ivezic (Univ. of Washington). My research will focus on searching for low surface brightness galaxies around Milky Way-like hosts, using deep imaging surveys.
Image credit: Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) / Gabriel Pérez (IAC).