The Planck mission measures the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with unprecedentedly precision. The angular spectra extracted from Planck's CMB measurements can be used to test gravitational theories and cosmological models. This is done by comparing the observational results with theoretical predictions that can be calculated by solving together the Boltzmann equation governing the evolution...
The life cycle of a star cluster can be broken into three epochs: 1) the birth of the cluster; 2) the long phase when the cluster evolves in gravitational equilibrium, gradually losing stars; and 3) the death of the cluster when it dissolves into a stream of stars. The clusters in the first epoch directly record the initial properties inherited from the host galaxy. The evolved clusters during ...
Dark matter halos are the major composition of the cosmic structures in our Universe and, therefore, play a central role in studying galaxies and cosmology. In cosmological N-body simulations, dark matter halos can be investigated from three perspectives: their structures, assembly histories, and spatial clustering. This talk will focus on our recent work on this topic. In the first part, I wil...
Observations indicate that massive elliptical galaxies in the contemporary universe exhibit both low star formation rates and low AGN luminosity. This raises a question: Given continuous gas accretion, how do these massive ellipticals maintain their quiescent state? SMBH feedback is a widely accepted solution to this issue, yet the mechanisms how it prevents gas accretion and subsequent star fo...
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