Lecture 11 Galaxy Collision Model (Toomre & Toomre)



Physics 141/241

Winter 2013




Classical Mechanics of the galactic orbits

For the initial condition, consider to separate galaxies on parabolic collision course. Galaxy A and galaxy B do not overlap initially, and the center of masses of the individual galaxies would continue on a parabolic orbit, if the interactions of the stars would not change the picture when the galaxies begin to overlap.


mice_top.gif

First, we would like to set up the appropriate initial condition for the collision as depicted in the figure above. Notes on the algorithm are given in collision orbit note. Notes on the galaxy rotations are given in Galaxy Rotations note. Examples of initial setups from previous projects are given in Table of initial conditions.




Galaxy collisions in the model of Toomre&Toomre

The classic paper Galactic Bridges and Tails (Toomre&Toomre) provides a simple physical model for the understanding of galaxy collisions. We will explore three distinct collisions in the model: Mice, Antennae, and Cartwheel. The Midterm and the Final projects will be prepared by teams. In the Midterm projects we will apply the Toomre&Toomre model to the problems. In the Final projecst the teams will run full simulations.




Team assignments:listed on Midterm/Final web page


 


CUDA nbody code on the lab iMac:

Path to nbody source code directory: /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-5.0/samples/5_Simulations/nbody

use the command make to compile the code

binary (executable) runs from: /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-5.0/samples/bin/darwin/release/nbody

nbody CUDA paper from NVIDIA

CUDA TreeCodes:

BONSAI CUDA code

BONSAI CUDA paper

OctGrav CUDA code

OctGrav CUDA paper

CUDA exact Nbody Code:

Sapporo CUDA library code

Sapporo CUDA paper