Thomas Rintoul

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🌌 Galaxy Evolution PhD student - Cardiff Uni ✨ MPhys Astro - Uni of St Andrews 2023 🎥 Science Communicator on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram 🔗 https://linktr.ee/ThomasRintoul

Two images of the magnetic field structure around simulated galaxies. Left shows a swept back structure to the field lines. This is highlighted with a dashed white line. Right shows an alignment of the field lines downwind of the satellite, again denoted with dashed lines. Text reads: "Stripping and mixing are less with magnetic fields because the field suppresses turbulence. It does this with a draping layer, reducing stripping, and by aligning with the tail. This matches the few observations we do have.

A screenshot of my new paper on the preprint arxiv titled "the role of magnetic fields in ram pressure stripping of satellite galaxies in the circumgalactic medium around massive galaxies. Text above reads "My first paper is out now". Below reads "this paper looks at how magentic fields affect how gas is removed from galaxies orbiting other galaxies. Swipe to read more."

Thomas looking into the camera with his hand palm up. The words "Top Five Unsolved Astronomy Questions" are beside him. The background is an image from the Illustris TNG simulations showing the formation of a galaxy cluster.

Thomas is wearing a "The Longest Johns" tour t-shirt. He is holding a beer whilst sitting at a table in a alleyway in Tenby, Wales. There is bunting and bushes in the background.