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ghalo400kpc

This image shows a CDM halo simulated with over a billion particles. The edge of the box is the virial radius and over a hundred thousand substructures can be resolved orbiting as close as a few hundred parsecs from the center. Click the image for high resolution

The sky over Zurich

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A patch of the Universe at z=20

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The formation of the Local Group

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Increasing resolution - density and phase space density

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Relaxation history of a halo and physical density

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Red and blue halos

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A galaxy and a cluster CDM halo

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The simulated gamma ray sky from annihilation of DM

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A close up of the Local Group

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Tracing the satellites that formed z<10

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Hot, warm and cold dark matter

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Large scale fluid dark matter distribution

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A fluid halo

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Tidal tails from the disruption of a dark matter halo

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Harassment

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Ram pressure stripping (Vicent Quilis)

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A close up of the ram pressure stripping simulation

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Planet formation (Lucio Mayer)

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The zBox spread on the floor

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The zBox in its frame

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