There is mounting evidence that AGN feedback is important in galaxy evolution. Radio-mode feedback is thought to be particularly significant because the mechanical action of the expanding lobes provides a strong coupling mechanism between AGN energy and the surrounding environment. In order to quantify this feedback, detailed models of radio lobe evolution are required. Self-similar analytic models exist for large FRII radio sources but the evolution of the young precursor radio sources is not yet fully understood. The task now is to develop a young source model and rigorously test it against the observed distribution of sources on the radio power - linear size (PD) diagram.
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Presentation for Cambridge Astrophysics Group Seminar Series
Cambridge, UK - Nov 2013
Poster for Modern Radio Universe conference
Bonn, Germany - April 2013
Poster for XMM-Newton Galaxy Clusters as Giant Cosmic Laboratories conference
ESAC, Madrid, Spain - May 2012
Poster for Cavendish Department Graduate Student Conference
Cambridge, UK - Dec 2011
Presentation for Young European Radio Astronomers Conference YERAC
Manchester, UK - Jul 2011