Steven Gough-Kelly

Steven Gough-Kelly

PhD | Galactic Dynamics

Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UCLan

FRAS MInstP

Welcome…

I was recently awarded a PhD in Astrophysics by the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire, working as part of the Galaxy Dynamics research group led by Prof. Victor P. Debattista. My primary research is studying the formation and evolution of Box/Peanut bulges in barred-galaxies by comparing isolated and cosmological simulations to observations of external galaxies and the Milky Way.

My position was funded by the Moses Holden Studentship, dedicated to Lancashire astronomer and educator. I am currently a Junior Associate of the LSST:UK Consortium as part of the Galaxies; Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration and a member of the N-Body Shop. Part of my current research, Gough-Kelly et al. (2022), bridges these two memberships by making predictions for kinematic differences between populations within the Milky Way bulge.

More recent work involved hunting for bars and box/peanut bulges in IllustrisTNG, one of the largest, high-resolution simulations of the galaxy formation.

Interests
  • Galactic Structure
  • Galactic Formation and Evolution
  • Galactic Dynamics
  • Computational Astrophysics
Education

  • PhD in Galaxy Dynamics, 2024

    Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UCLan

  • MSc (by research) Astrophysics, 2019

    Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UCLan

  • BSc (Hons) Astrophysics, 2018

    University of Central Lancashire

Publications

Steven Gough-Kelly
February 2024 MNRAS
The interplay between accretion, downsizing, and the formation of box/peanut bulges in TNG50
The interplay between accretion, downsizing, and the formation of box/peanut bulges in TNG50

Using a large-scale, high-resolution magnetohydronamics cosmological simulation, we identify bars and box/peanut bulges and the galactic properties which determine their formation. We conclude that the primary driver for determinding the formation of a box/peanut bulge is the length and strength of the bar
PDF DOI arXiv NASA/ADS
Steven Gough-Kelly
June 2023 arXiv
Maximizing science return by coordinating the survey strategies of Roman with Rubin, and other major facilities
Maximizing science return by coordinating the survey strategies of Roman with Rubin, and other major facilities

Submitted to the 2023 call for White Papers regarding the Roman Mission Core Community Surveys
PDF DOI arXiv NASA/ADS
Royal Astronomical Society Early Career Network
February 2022 A&G
Generation Covid
Generation Covid

Following a survey on the impact of the pandemic on early-career researchers, Megan Maunder, Áine O’Brien, Jack Reid, Dominic M. Bowman, Fred Richards and Steven Gough-Kelly sift the data from Generation Covid.
PDF DOI OUP NASA/ADS
Steven Gough-Kelly
February 2022 MNRAS
Predicted Trends in Milky Way Bulge Proper Motion Rotation Curves: Future Prospects for HST and LSST
Predicted Trends in Milky Way Bulge Proper Motion Rotation Curves: Future Prospects for HST and LSST

Using high resolution N-body+Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of a Milky Way like galaxy, we have made predictions for the separations of longitudinal proper motion rotation curves within the bulge between differently aged populations.
PDF Poster DOI arXiv NASA/ADS

Contact

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