PhD thesis supervisor: dr. Kastytis Zubovas (apply for recommendation)
Investigation of galactic outflow evolution and impact
Large-scale outflows driven by active galactic nuclei are important to galactic evolution: they affect star formation, the chemical makeup of the galaxy, circumgalactic and intergalactic media. Outflows also act as dynamical footprints allowing us to determine the galaxy’s activity history over million-year timescales. Modern spatially-resolved spectroscopic (IFU) observations allow us to determine the detailed properties and distribution of outflows, but they are often interpreted using overly idealised models. Conversely, detailed numerical simulations track outflow evolution, but often provide only broad predictions. This prevents improvement in both areas and leads to disagreement between simulation predictions and data interpretation.