T.J. Cox

Carnegie Fellow

Carnegie Observatories

813 Santa Barbara St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
USA
Phone: 626-304-0284
Fax: 626-795-8136
tcox@obs.carnegiescience.edu

(The best mug-shot I could find - even if my red-eyes give me a possessed look, and my receding hairline is not fairly represented.)

Hello! You have reached the home page of T.J. Cox. I am a theoretical astrophysicist who uses numerical models to study the formation and evolution of galaxies.

Research Interests:

• Interacting Galaxies: How do galactic collisions shape the properties of galaxies?
• Galactic Activity: Do galaxy mergers trigger energetic and exotic events in galaxies, including quasars and active galactic nuclei (both growing black holes), starbursts, and galactic winds?
• Feedback: Does galaxy activity regulate galaxy evolution, even though these events are typically rare and short-lived?
• Computational Models and Methods: A continual effort to improve the computational tools of my trade, upon which the scientific merit is based.
• Our Cosmic Fate: No, I don't mean that I moonlight as an astrologer, instead I like to think about how our home galaxy, the Milky Way, will evolve over the next 10-20 billion years. Heck, we can actually wait and see if I'm right ...

Up to date listing of my publications: ADS or astro-ph.

My CV.

Feel free to contact me with questions, comments, or requests for more information (although please don't be offended if it takes me a while to respond - I get somewhat preoccupied with my work at times).

Movies:

A complete listing of movies, including screen shots and alternate video formats (e.g., those that might work better on non-Mac computers), and a small collection of other people's movies, can be found here.

Binary Quasar (mov, 158 Mb)	Dusty Merger (mov, 21 Mb)	Minor Merger (mov, 17 Mb)