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SUMMARY:Insights into cosmological simulations from modified initial condi
 tions - Andrew Pontzen (UCL)
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DESCRIPTION:I will discuss the GMGalaxies programme\, which is pursuing a 
 new ‘hybrid’ approach to cosmological galaxy formation simulations com
 bining the best of cosmological zooms and idealised approaches of the past
 . By customising (‘genetically modifying’) our initial conditions\, we
  can construct controlled tests of structure formation within a fully cosm
 ological environment. This approach has allowed us to obtain new and uniqu
 e insights into ultra-faint dwarf galaxy formation\, AGN-driven galaxy que
 nching\, large scale structure formation and — in soon-to-be-released ul
 tra-high-resolution simulations — the Milky Way fossil record seen by Ga
 ia. In this talk\, I will summarise some of these results but focus especi
 ally on recent insights into dwarf galaxy formation.
LOCATION:Hoyle Lecture Theatre\, Institute of Astronomy
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