Rob Crain
Leiden Observatory
Contact details
Leiden Observatory
PO Box 9513
NL-2300 RA
Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)7 1527 8488
Email: crain@strw.leidenuniv.nl
About
I am a theoretical astrophysicist, interested in the formation of galaxies and the evolution of circumgalactic gas. I am a member of Joop Schaye's research group.
I was previously a postdoc at Swinburne and a grad-student at Durham.
Research projects
EAGLE - (wiki | test results)
GIMIC
Hot galactic coronae
Stereoscopic visualisation
At a glance...
My publications
My thesis (45 Mb .pdf.gz)
My Vimeo channel
My RunKeeper profile
Taking time out on the Aussie coast near Geelong, Victoria.
EAGLE I am a member of the EAGLE cosmological gasdynamical simulations collaboration.
GIMIC. I led the analysis of the GIMIC cosmological gasdynamical simulations.
Hot galactic coronae I am interested in the properties of hot gas associated with L* galaxies.
Stereoscopic visualisation With Jim Geach, I am developing software to visualise astrophysical data and simulations in 3D.
News & science highlights
05/12 'The competition between confinement and ram pressure and its implications for galaxies in groups and clusters', Bahe, McCarthy, Crain & Theuns (2012)
03/12 Lorentz Center workshop, Aug 6-10 2012: 'The Dynamic Nature of Baryons in Halos'. Workshop poster here.
03/12 Durham Old Boys win the UK NAM 5-a-side tournament!
03/12 `A fundamental problem in the theory of low mass galaxy evolution?', Weinmann et al (2012)
03/12 `Rotation rates, sizes, and star formation efficiencies of a representative population of simulated disc galaxies', McCarthy et al (2012)
12/11 `What Shapes the Galaxy Mass Function? Exploring the Roles of Supernova-Driven Winds and AGN', Bower, Benson & Crain (2011)