Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Notice des travaux
Some recent reviews
Vulgarisation en Français
Enseignement
Post-Master, CNED
Françoise Combes
Astronome à l'Observatoire de Paris
 Galaxy Interactions (Click) |
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LERMA 61 Av. de l'Observatoire F-75 014 Paris, FRANCE |
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E-mail : francoise.combes @ obspm.fr Phone : 33 (1) 40 51 20 77 FAX: 33 (1) 40 51 20 02 |
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PROJECTS :
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Dynamical Evolution and formation of Galaxies N-body Simulations and Hydrodynamics Dark Matter Dynamics Molecular Clouds Millimetric Radioastronomy Thermodynamics of self-gravity |
Some Press Releases |
Galaxy Movies
Bar destruction and reformationFor the gif movie, click here (11 Mb) | Another case, in the rotating frame
Animated major merger between two spiral galaxies
For the gif movie, click here (0.5 Mb)
Gas=blue; Stars=red; Dark matter=green.
How does a galaxy become a barred spiral?
| 3 first epochs, click here | 3 last epochs, click here | For the gif movie, click here (5 Mb) |
Time is running from left to right, by step of 200 Myrs
In each row: Top= stellar component; Bottom= gas component
Photo Corner
