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Accurate modeling of supernova (SN) feedback in galaxy formation simulations is complicated by energy conservation violations arising from the vector nature of momentum injection. We present a mechanical feedback scheme addressing two key…

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We include feedback in global hydrodynamic simulations in order to study the star formation properties, and gas structure and dynamics, in models of galactic disks. We extend previous models by implementing feedback in gravitationally bound…

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Galactic outflows produced by stellar feedback are known to be multiphase in nature. Both observations and simulations indicate that the material within several kpc of galactic disk mid-planes consists of warm clouds embedded within a hot…

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We present a 3d code for the dynamical evolution of a multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) coupled to stars via star formation (SF) and feedback processes. The multi-phase ISM consists of clouds (sticky particles) and diffuse gas (SPH):…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Harfst , Ch. Theis , G. Hensler

We explore the regulation of star formation in star-forming galaxies through a suite of high-resolution isolated galaxy simulations. We use the SPH code GASOLINE, including photoelectric heating and metal cooling, which produces a…

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Formation of luminous matter in the Universe is a complicated process, which includes many processes and components. It is the vastly different scales involved in the process (from star formation on few parsec scales to galaxy clusters and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anatoly Klypin , Stefan Gottlober , Gustavo Yepes

We present simulations of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) at solar neighbourhood conditions including thermal and non-thermal ISM processes, star cluster formation, and feedback from massive stars: stellar winds, hydrogen ionising…

Stellar feedback plays a key role in galaxy formation by regulating star formation, driving interstellar turbulence and generating galactic scale outflows. Although modern simulations of galaxy formation can resolve scales of 10-100 pc,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Oscar Agertz , Andrey V. Kravtsov , Samuel N. Leitner , Nickolay Y. Gnedin

Energy and momentum feedback from stars is a key element of models for galaxy formation and interstellar medium dynamics, but resolving the relevant length scales to directly include this feedback remain out of reach of current-generation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-10 Yvonne A. Fichtner , Jonathan Mackey , Luca Grassitelli , Emilio Romano-Díaz , Cristiano Porciani

Outflows are a key part of the galactic gas cycle and crucial in shaping the star formation activity in their host galaxy. Yet, in simulations of galaxy evolution, modeling these outflows in their multi-phase nature and over the relevant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-26 Francesco Bollati , Rainer Weinberger

Using hydrodynamic simulations of disc-galaxy major mergers, we investigate the star formation history and remnant properties when various parametrizations of a simple stellar feedback model are implemented. The simulations include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-25 T. J. Cox , Patrik Jonsson , Joel R. Primack , Rachel S. Somerville

Galaxy disk formation must incorporate the multiphase nature of the interstellar medium. The resulting two-phase structure is generated and maintained by gravitational instability and supernova energy input, which yield a source of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Joseph Silk

Explaining the initial mass function (IMF) of stars is a long-standing problem in astrophysics. The number of complex mechanisms involved in the process of star cluster formation, such as turbulence, magnetic fields and stellar feedback,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-04 Sajay Sunny Mathew , Christoph Federrath

Star formation from the interstellar medium of galactic disks is a basic process controlling the evolution of galaxies. Understanding the star formation rate in a local patch of a disk with a given gas mass is thus an important challenge…

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We study the formation of disc galaxies in a fully cosmological framework using adaptive mesh refinement simulations. We perform an extensive parameter study of the main subgrid processes that control how gas is converted into stars and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Oscar Agertz , Romain Teyssier , Ben Moore

Supernovae (SN), the most energetic stellar feedback mechanism, are crucial for regulating the interstellar medium (ISM) and launching galactic winds. We explore how supernova remnants (SNRs) create a multiphase medium by performing 3D…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-18 Miao Li , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Renyue Cen , Greg L. Bryan , Thorsten Naab

Multiphase gas, with hot ($\sim10^6$K) and cold ($\sim10^4$K) gas, is ubiquitous in astrophysical media across a wide range of scales. However, simulating multiphase gas has been a long-standing challenge, due to the large separation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-06 Hitesh Kishore Das , Max Gronke , Rainer Weinberger

We implement physically motivated recipes for partitioning cold gas into different phases (atomic, molecular, and ionized) in galaxies within semi-analytic models of galaxy formation based on cosmological merger trees. We then model the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 Rachel S. Somerville , Gergö Popping , Scott C. Trager

Although supernova explosions and stellar winds happens at scales bellow 100 pc, they affect the interstellar medium(ISM) and galaxy formation. We use cosmological N-body+Hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation, as well as simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel Ceverino , Anatoly Klypin