Joanna Piotrowska

Galaxy evolution

Numerical methods

development of spectral methods
application of spectral methods to discontinuous problems:
- improvement and application of edge detection techniques
- treatment of dynamically developing discontinuities

Key publications:

On the quenching of star formation in observed and simulated central galaxies: Evidence for the role of integrated AGN feedback , J. M. Piotrowska, A. F. L. Bluck, R. Maiolino and Y. Peng (2022), accepted for publication in MNRAS
Towards a deeper understanding of the physics driving galaxy quenching, J. M. Piotrowska, A. F. L. Bluck, R. Maiolino, A. Concas and Y. Peng (2020), MNRAS, 492, pp. L6-L11 (arXiv:1911.06693)
Spectral Methods in the Presence of Discontinuities, J.Piotrowska, J. M. Miller and E. Schnetter (2019), JCOMP, 390, pp. 527-547 (arXiv:1712.09952)

Other publications:

The Application of Ridgelines in Extended Radio Source Cross-Identification, B. Barkus, J. Croston, J. M. Piotrowska, B. Mingo, P. N. Best, M. J. Hardcastle, R. I. J. Mostert, H. J. A. Röttgering, J. Sabater, B. Webster, W. L. Williams (2022), MNRAS, 509, pp. 1-15 (arXiv:2110.05254)
How do central and satellite galaxies quench? – Insights from spatially resolved spectroscopy in the MaNGA survey, A.F.L. Bluck, R. Maiolino, J. M. Piotrowska, J. Trussler, S. L. Ellison, S. F. Sánchez, M. D. Thorp, H. Teimoorinia, J. Moreno, C. Conselice (2020), MNRAS, 499, pp. 230-268 ( arXiv:2009.05341)
Are galactic star formation and quenching governed by local, global or environmental phenomena? A. F. L. Bluck, R. Maiolino, S. F. Sánchez, S. L. Ellison, M. D. Thorp, J. M. Piotrowska, H. Teimoorinia, K. A. Bundy (2020) MNRAS, 492, pp. 96-139 (arXiv:1911.08857)
The imprints of AGN feedback within a supermassive black hole's sphere of influence, H.R. Russell, A.C. Fabian, B.R. McNamara, J.M. Miller, P.E.J. Nulsen, J.M. Piotrowska, C.S. Reynolds (2018), MNRAS, 477, pp. 3583–3599 (arXiv:1803.09769)

Teaching:

Michaelmas 2018: Part II Relativity (3rd year Physics/Astrophysics course)

Lent 2018: Part II Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (3rd year Physics/Astrophysics course)

Astronomy on Tap Cambridge: organising Cambridge AoT events, including online meetings during the pandemic
Speaker at the IoA Public Open Evenings, including online events
Speaker at the Grudziądz Planetarium Outrach Talk series (in Polish) - online talks