Making Mergers Massive
Astrophysics, Astronomy and Machine Learning podcast with Shashank, Cormac and Vivasvaan
astro[sound]bites, Episode 123
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The astro[sound]bites team introduces cohost Vivasvaan and his work on galaxy mergers and machine learning. The discussion explains why mergers are useful probes of galaxy evolution and gives an early-career researcher’s perspective on the field.
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galaxy mergersMachine Learning
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