Mike Boylan-kolchin
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy
Texas State University
United States of America
Biography
Professor Mike Boylan-Kolchin is a theoretical astrophysicist who works on galaxy formation theory and its interface with cosmology. Recently, his research has focused on near-field cosmology, using detailed studies of nearby galaxies to address a wide variety of questions related to dark matter and galaxy formation physics across cosmic time. His work combines numerical simulations, analytic models, and observations.
Research Interest
Cosmology and galaxy formation
Publications
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Boylan-Kolchin M, Bullock JS, Kaplinghat M. The Milky Way’s bright satellites as an apparent failure of ΛCDM. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2012 Apr 25;422(2):1203-18.
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Guo Q, White S, Li C, Boylan-Kolchin M. How do galaxies populate dark matter haloes?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2010 May 6;404(3):1111-20.
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Boylan-Kolchin M, Bullock JS, Kaplinghat M. Too big to fail? The puzzling darkness of massive Milky Way subhaloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 2011 Jul 1;415(1):L40-4.
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Guo Q, White S, Boylan-Kolchin M, De Lucia G, Kauffmann G, Lemson G, Li C, Springel V, Weinmann S. From dwarf spheroidals to cD galaxies: simulating the galaxy population in a Λ CDM cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2011 Apr 14;413(1):101-31.
