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[https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ '''''MilkyWay@home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project that needs your help to | [https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ '''''MilkyWay@home'''''] is a '''''[[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer distributed computing]]''''' project based at Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute that needs your help to optimize N-body simulations of dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way. | ||
== Why MilkyWay@home? == | == Why MilkyWay@home? == | ||
The N-body project on MilkyWay@home simulates dwarf galaxies colliding with (or being disrupted by) the Milky Way. | |||
== Goal == | == Goal == | ||
The goal of the N-body project is to match simulated dwarf galaxies to real dwarf galaxy data, and thereby constrain the properties of the Milky Way galaxy's gravitational potential (as well as the properties of the dwarf galaxies). | |||
== Methods == | == Methods == | ||