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Hugh Couchman, physics and astronomy.
Hugh Couchman
Nothing less than the origin of the universe, and its component
parts, commands the attention of Dr. Hugh Couchman, physics and
astronomy. An expert in modelling the formation of cosmic structure,
he studies the processes that generated the universe following the
Big Bang.
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“The rich array of structure that we see today in the
universe, ranging from stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies
and super-clusters, all grew from tiny ripples in the distribution
of matter 100,000 years after the Big Bang. Over 10 billion
years, those tiny ripples grew through gravitational and hydrodynamic
effects to produce the structures that we see today.”
Named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research,
Dr. Couchman belongs to the CIAR Cosmology and Gravitation
program. He is also project leader of the Shared Hierarchical
Academic Research Computing Network, which brings together
universities and colleges in a supercomputing network vital
to a range of data-heavy research programs.
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