Galaxy Dynamics

Asteroseismic Distance Candles

Over the summer of 2022, I worked with UPenn research group Galaxy Dynamics to determine the viability of using red giants as distance gauges by visualizing their abundance and distribution in simulated galaxies.

I learned to manipulate millions of data points and present them visually using python.

Python Packages Learned

  • Gizmo

  • Utilities

  • Numpy

  • Matplot

  • h5py

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