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The School of Physics and Astronomy, in The University of St. Andrews .

Research Interersts

I am primarily interested in the dynamics of star formation and of young stellar systems. Most stars form in groups that consist of anywhere from two (binary systems) to thousands (clusters) of stars. These stars interact during their formation and early evolution such that the interactions are a prime candidate for determing many of the observed stellar properties.

Animations of the numerical simulations availabe here.

Rreprint and Animations of our recent work on star formation in the Galactic centre available here.

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