Publications

Thanks to my relatively unique name, you can find a complete list of my publications on the arXiv here.

Publications

• Josh Borrow, Matthieu Schaller, Yannick Bahe, Joop Schaye, Folkert Nobels, Aaron Ludlow, Edoardo Altamura: Everything has changed: the impact of random variations on the predictive power of galaxy formation simulations, published Nov 22 in To be submitted to MNRAS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Mark Vogelsberger, Enrico Garaldi, Rahul Kannan, Aaron Smith, Volker Springel, Rudiger Pakmor, Lars Hernquist: THESAN-HR: How does reionization impact early galaxy evolution?, published Nov 22 in To be submitted to MNRAS. Link.
• Edoardo Altamura, Scott T. Kay, Richard G. Bower, Matthieu Schaller, Yannick M. Bahe, Joop Schaye, Josh Borrow, Imogen Towler: EAGLE-like simulation models cannot reproduce the observed entropy profiles of groups and clusters, published Nov 22 in To be submitted to MNRAS. Link.
• Jubee Sohn, Margaret J. Geller, Mark Vogelsberger, Josh Borrow: IllustrisTNG Snapshots for 10 Gyr of Dynamical Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Their Host Clusters, published 1 Jul 22 in MNRAS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Mark Vogelsberger, Stephanie O’Neil, Michael A. McDonald, Aaron Smith: There and back again: understanding the critical properties of backsplash galaxies, published 20 May 22 in MNRAS; Under Review. Link.
• Yannick M Bahé, Joop Schaye, Matthieu Schaller, Richard G Bower, Josh Borrow, Evgenii Chaikin, Roi Kugel, Folkert Nobels, Sylvia Ploeckinger: The importance of black hole repositioning for galaxy formation simulations, published 18 May 22 in MNRAS. Link.
• Jessica Y.-C. Yeh, Aaron Smith, Rahul Kannan, Enrico Garaldi, Mark Vogelsberger, Josh Borrow, Rüdiger Pakmor, Volker Springel, Lars Hernquist: The THESAN project: ionizing escape fractions of reionization-era galaxies, published 4 May 22 in MNRAS; Under Review . Link.
• Roi Kugel, Josh Borrow: swift-emulator: A Python package for emulation of simulated scaling relations, published 12 Apr 22 in JOSS; Co-First Author. Link.
• S Ruiz-Bonilla, Josh Borrow, V R Eke, J A Kegerreis, R J Massey, T D Sandnes, L F A Teodoro: Dealing with density discontinuities in planetary SPH simulations, published 31 Mar 22 in MNRAS. Link.
• Stephanie O’Neil, Josh Borrow, Mark Vogelsberger, Benedikt Diemer: _The impact of galaxy selection on the splashback boundaries of galaxy clusters _, published 28 Mar 22 in MNRAS; Student Supervision Paper. Link.
• Joey Braspenning, Joop Schaye, Josh Borrow, Matthieu Schaller: Sensitivity of non-radiative cloud-wind interactions to the hydrodynamics solver, published 25 Mar 22 in MNRAS; Under Review. Link.
• Karen Pardos Olsen, Blakesley Burkhart, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Robin G. Treß, Thomas R. Greve, David Vizgan, Jay Motka, Josh Borrow, Gergö Popping, Romeel Davé, Rowan J. Smith, Desika Narayanan: SÍGAME v3: Gas Fragmentation in Postprocessing of Cosmological Simulations for More Accurate Infrared Line Emission Modeling, published 23 Nov 21 in ApJ. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Matthieu Schaller, Richard G Bower, Joop Schaye: SPHENIX: smoothed particle hydrodynamics for the next generation of galaxy formation simulations, published 8 Nov 21 in MNRAS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Ashley Kelly: Projecting SPH Particles in Adaptive Environments, published 11 Jun 21 in Proceedings of the 15th SPHERIC International Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Technology, June 8-11, 2021, pp 150-148 (ISBN 978-0-578-91934-8). Link.
• Josh Borrow, Matthieu Schaller, Richard G Bower: Inconsistencies arising from the coupling of galaxy formation sub-grid models to pressure-smoothed particle hydrodynamics, published 19 May 21 in MNRAS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Alexei Borrisov: swiftsimio: A Python library for reading SWIFT data, published 1 Aug 2020 in JOSS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, Romeel Davé: Cosmological baryon transfer in the SIMBA simulations, published 2 Feb 2020 in MNRAS. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Bert Vandenbroucke, Matthieu Schaller: Choosing the best flavour of SPH for Astrophysics problems: More complex may not be better, published 25 Jun 2019 in Proceedings of the 14th SPHERIC International Workshop, Exeter, UK. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Richard G. Bower, Peter W. Draper, Pedro Gonnet, Matthieu Schaller: SWIFT: Maintaining weak-scalability with a dynamic range of 10^4 in time-step size to harness extreme adaptivity, published 26 Jul 2018 in Proceedings of the 13th SPHERIC International Workshop, Galway, Ireland. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Chris Harrison: Galaxy Makers: creating an online component to a science exhibition for re-engagement, evaluation and content legacy, published 12 May 2017 in Communicating Astronomy with the Public. Link.
• Josh Borrow, Pedro Russo: A Blueprint for Public Engagement Appraisal: Supporting Research Careers, published 5 Oct 2015 in ArXiv. Link.

Talks

• An Introduction to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, given 14 Nov 22 at SWIFT Developer’s Meeting, Leiden; Invited Lecture. Slides.
• THESAN-HR: How does Reionization Impact Early Galaxy Evolution?, given 7 Oct 22 at Harvard CfA. Slides.
• THESAN-HR: How does Reionization Impact Early Galaxy Evolution?, given 30 Sep 22 at MIT Journal Club. Slides.
• THESAN-HR: How does Reionization Impact Early Galaxy Evolution?, given 21 Sep 22 at Yale Galaxy Lunch. Slides.
• The Unintended Consequences of Stochastic Sub-Resolution Modeling in Galaxy Formation, given 1 Aug 22 at CCP 2022. Slides.
• There and Back Again: Understanding the Critical Properties of Backsplash Galaxies, given 14 Jul 22 at VIRGO Collaboration Meeting, Munich, Germany. Slides.
• There and Back Again: Understanding the Critical Properties of Backsplash Galaxies, given 20 May 22 at Harvard CfA. Slides.
• Using unyt to power SWIFT’s analysis pipeline, given 12/11/2021 at RHytHM 2020 . Slides.
• HOW TO SIMULATE A UNIVERSE: The numerics and limitations of Cosmological Simulations, given 2 Dec 21 at Helsinki; Invited Colloqium. Slides.
• Projecting SPH Particles in Adaptive Environments, given 14 Jun 21 at SPHERIC 2021 (2nd Place Prize, Best Talk). Slides.
• HOW TO SIMULATE A UNIVERSE: The numerics and limitations of Cosmological Simulations, given 26 Mar 21 at Sussex; Invited Colloqium. Slides.
• Variability in Galaxy Formation Simulations, given 8 Jan 21 at VIRGO Collaboration Meeting, Online. Slides.
• EAGLE-XL: EAGLE in a 300 Mpc box with SWIFT, given 6 Mar 2020 at Harvard CfA. Slides.
• Inter-Lagrangian Transfer: The Story from SIMBA and EAGLE, given 3 Mar 2020 at MIT Kavli Institute. Slides.
• SWIFT: Scaling Cosmological Simulations, given 1 Mar 2020 at SIMBA Collaboration Meeting, CCA New York, USA. Slides.
• Inter-Lagrangian Transfer: The Story from SIMBA and EAGLE, given 1 Mar 2020 at SIMBA Collaboration Meeting, CCA New York, USA. Slides.
• SPHENIX: Hydrodynamics for the next generation of EAGLE simulations, given 9 Jan 2020 at VIRGO Collaboration Meeting, Durham, UK. Slides.
• Handling 100 billion particles: An SPH scheme for cosmological simulations, given 28 Nov 2019 at SPH-SIG Durham. Slides.
• Cosmological baryon transfer in the SIMBA simulations (Colloquium), given 25 Sep 2019 at UC Riverside, USA. Slides.
• Choosing the best flavour of SPH for astrophysics problems: More complex may not be better, given 27 Jun 2019 at Spheric 2019, Exeter. 3rd place winner in Libersky Prize (£400). Slides.
• Hydrodynamics Schemes for Galaxy Formation: EAGLE-XL, given 18 Jun 2019 at NORDITA, Stockholm. Slides.
• The how and why of python tools, given 15 May 2019 at St. Andrews University. Slides.
• Cosmological baryon transfer in the SIMBA simulations , given 26 Apr 2019 at Harvard CfA. Slides.
• Building Bigger Boxes: Towards True Cosmological Volumes with EAGLE-XL, given 22 Apr 2019 at MIT Kavli Institute. Slides.
• SWIFT, EAGLE-XL, and the future of Computational Cosmology, given 27 Mar 2019 at IAC, Tenerife. Slides.
• Inter-Lagrangian Baryon Transfer in the SIMBA Simulations, given 8 Feb 2019 at ICC, Durham. Slides.
• Simulating the Universe, given 24 Jan 2019 at Physics Society, Durham University. Slides.
• Simulating the Universe at Petascale, given 15 Jan 2019 at Data Science Meetup NE, Newcastle. Slides.
• Inter-Lagrangian Baryon Transfer in the SIMBA Simulations, given 8 Jan 2019 at DEX XV, Edinburgh | Winner, Best Short Talk. Slides.
• Inter-Lagrangian Baryon Transfer in the SIMBA Simulations, given 3 Dec 2018 at Computational Cosmology Lorentz Workshop. Slides.
• SWIFT, EAGLE-XL, and the future of Computational Cosmology, given 23 Nov 2018 at ARI, LJMU. Slides.
• Hydrodynamics Schemes and Viscosity in SWIFT, given 31 Oct 2018 at SWIFT Week 2018, ICC, Durham. Slides.
• Lagrangian Transfer, given 1 August 2018 at Centre for Computational Astrophysics, U.S.A. Slides.
• Hydrodynamics Schemes: Spoilt for Choice, given 25 May 2018 at ICC, Durham. Slides.
• Galaxy Makers: Expanding & Evaluating Exhibitions Through the use of an Online Component, given 6 April 2018 at EWASS 2018, Liverpool. Slides.
• A physically motivated model of the Interstellar Medium: Towards a macroscopic view of the ISM, given 10 May 2017 at Durham University. Slides.
• Public Engagement Appraisals: Building Portfolios to aid Career Development, given 11 Jan 2016 at Leiden University. Slides.
• A Blueprint for Assessing Societal Impact Through Public Engagement, given 8 Oct 2015 at 2AM: Amsterdam. Slides.

Posters

• SWIFTsimIO: Post-processing the next-generation of cosmological simulations, shown 10 Sep 2020 at DiRAC Day 2020, Durham (Winner). View.
• SWIFTsimIO: Post-processing the next-generation of cosmological simulations, shown 5 Dec 2019 at CIUK Student Poster Competition. View.
• SWIFT: SPH With Inter-dependent Fine-grained Tasking, shown 8 Jul 2019 at SPH:SIG Manchester. View.
• The Story of SWIFT: Building a New Astrophysics Simulation Code, shown 20 Feb 2019 at Royal Society Bilateral International Meeting (Invited). View.
• SWIFT: First Cosmology Results | Updated, shown 12 Dec 2018 at CIUK Student Poster Competition (Winner, 1st prize). View.
• SWIFT: First Cosmology Results, shown 10 Sep 2018 at DiRAC Day 2018, Swansea. View.
• Accuracy vs. Resolution: Choosing the best hydrodynamics scheme for your problem, shown 27 Mar 2018 at EWASS 2018, Liverpool. View.