Programme

Swiftcon 2024 programme


Registration 9:00 - 10:00
Welcome + SWIFT status 10:00 - 10:40 [Matthieu Schaller]
Coffee break [10:40 - 11:00]
The CHIMES non-equilibrium chemistry package: Modelling the chemistry of ions and molecules in simulations of galaxy formation 11:00 - 11:20 [ Alex Richings ]
CHIMES-RT: Coupling Radiative Transfer with a comprehensive thermo-chemistry network in SWIFT 11:20 - 11:40 [ TK Chan ]
An atomic model for hydrogen recombination line modelling in RT simulations of galaxy formation 11:40 - 12:00 [ Yuankang Liu ]
Kiara-RT: cosmological radiation hydrodynamics simulations from cosmic dark to cosmic dawn 12:00 - 12:20 [ Zhen Xiang ]
Lunch break [12:20 - 14:00]
COLIBRE update 14:00 - 14:20 [ Evgenii Chaikin ]
Cosmological simulations with a variable IMF 14:20 - 14:40 [ Anna Durrant ]
Zoom-in simulations of the Local Group: tracing galactic chemical evolution within the periodic table 14:40 - 15:00 [ Sergey Khosperkov ]
Coffee break [15:00 - 15:30]
The destructive formation of moons and rings 15:30 - 15:50 [ Jacob Kegerreis (online) ]
Proximity Zone Fossils around AGN in SWIFT-COLIBRE 15:50 - 16:10 [ Lars Klijn ]
Work in groups 16:10 - 17:30
  • "Call the SWIFT doctor"
Welcome reception 17:30 - 18:30
FLAMINGO: Lensing, X-rays and Lightcones 9:20 - 9:40 [ Will McDonald ]
Super sampled zoom in simulatioms of SIDM in massive galaxy clusters 9:40 - 10:00 [ David Harvey ]
Impact of line of sight structure on weak lensing observables of cluster 10:00 - 10:20 [ Felix Vecchi ]
The impact of baryonic physics on weak gravitational lensing peaks in FLAMINGO 10:20 - 10:40 [ Jeger Broxterman ]
Coffee break [10:40 - 11:00]
Cosmological implications of decaying dark matter 11:00 - 11:20 [ Willem Elbers ]
From Gas to Stars: The SWIFT Sink Particles Scheme 11:20 - 11:40 [ Darwin Roduit ]
A new model for GC formation, evolution, and disruption in COLIBRE 11:40 - 12:00 [ Jonathan Davies ]
Kiara update 12:00 - 12:20 [ Romeel Dave ]
Lunch break [12:20 - 14:00]
GPU acceleration of SWIFT. Are we there yet? 14:00 - 15:00 [ Abouzied Nasar & Sarah Johnston ]
Coffee break [15:00 - 15:30]
Discussion: GPUs 15:30 - 15:50
SWIFT 2 : Towards Exascale SPH With Task Based Parallelism 15:50 - 16:10 [ Mladen Ivkovic ]
Ray Tracing & Power Spectra in swiftsimio 16:10 - 16:30 [ Josh Borrow ]
Work in groups 16:30 - 17:30
Dinner @ De Bruine Boon 18:30 - 21:00
Dinner recovery time 9:00 - 9:40
The unabridged satellite luminosity function of MW-like galaxies in ΛCDM: the contribution of “orphan" satellites 9:40 - 10:00 [ Isabel Santos-Santos ]
Zoom Simulations of Dwarfs Galaxies in Diverse Cosmological Environments 10:00 - 10:20 [ Jemima Briggs ]
Modified IGM Enrichment as a Constraint on the Mass-Loading of Outflows from Low-mass Galaxies 10:20 - 10:40 [ Christopher Rowe ]
Coffee break [10:40 - 11:00]
Magnetic dynamos in SWIFT 11:00 - 11:20 [ Nikyta Shchutskyi ]
REMIX SPH - improving mixing in SPH simulations by directly addressing key sources of error 11:20 - 11:40 [ Tom Sandnes ]
Radio emission in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies 11:40 - 12:00 [ Filip Husko ]
Investigating Black Hole Populations in FLAMINGO 12:00 - 12:20 [ Emily Eve Costello ]
Lunch break [12:20 - 14:00]
Halo finding: A precision cosmology problem 14:00 - 14:20 [ Victor Forouhar ]
The monofonIC - SWIFT - HBT - SOAP - swiftsimio simulation pipeline 14:20 - 15:00
  • Hands-on session
  • [ Rob McGibbon & Victor Forouhar ]
Coffee break [15:00 - 15:30]
First Light and Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES): Learning the galaxy-halo connection 15:30 - 15:50 [ Maxwell Maltz ]
Zoom simulations in SWIFT: Balancing the Unbalanced 15:50 - 16:10 [ Will Roper ]
Work in groups 16:10 - 17:30
  • "Call the SWIFT doctor"
Hands-on time + work in groups 9:20 - 10:00
Welcome 10:00 - 10:20 [ Matthieu Schaller ]
Introduction to COLIBRE - Part I 10:20 - 10:40 [ Joop Schaye ]
Coffee break [10:40 - 11:00]
Introduction to COLIBRE - Part II 11:00 - 12:00
  • [ Joop Schaye + developers:
  • Evgenii Chaikin
  • Alejandro Benitez-Llambay (online)
  • Sylvia Ploeckinger
  • James Trayford (online)
  • Matthieu Schaller
  • Filip Husko]
Discussion 12:00 - 12:20
Lunch break [12:20 - 14:00]
Update on projects and papers - Part I 14:00 - 15:00
  • [ COLIBRE paper lead-authors:
  • Evgenii Chaikin
  • Kyle Oman (online)
  • Filip Husko
  • Victor Forouhar
  • Kai Wang (online)
  • Isabel Santos-Santos
  • Alejandra Aguirre (online)
  • Yannick Bahe
  • Max Baker (online)]
Coffee break [15:00 - 15:30]
Update on projects and papers - Part II 15:30 - 16:10
  • [ COLIBRE paper lead-authors:
  • Alex Richings
  • Oliver Thompson (online)
  • Elliot Howatson (online)
  • Maarten Baes
  • Andrea Gebek
  • Nikolaos Andreadis
  • Jonathan Davies]
Discussion 16:10 - 17:30
Update on projects and papers - Part III 9:20 - 10:20
  • [ COLIBRE paper lead-authors:
  • Aaron Ludlow (online)
  • Kate Harborne (online)
  • Connor Bottrell (online)
  • Matthew Frosst (online)
  • Claudia Lagos (online)
  • Ruby Wright (online)
  • Piyush Sharda
  • Alejandro Benitez-Llambay (online)
  • Matthieu Schaller]
Discussion 10:20 - 10:40
Coffee break [10:40 - 11:00]
Using SOAP + snapshots tutorial 11:00 - 11:40 [ Rob McGibbon ]
Discussion & work in groups 11:40 - 12:20
Lunch break [12:20 - 14:00]
Discussion & work in groups 14:00 - 15:00
Coffee break [15:00 - 15:30]
Concluding remarks 15:30 - 16:10 [ Joop Schaye & Matthieu Schaller ]
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