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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

We use local Cartesian simulations with a vertical gravitational potential to study how supernova (SN) feedback in stratified galactic discs drives turbulence and launches galactic winds. Our analysis includes three disc models with gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 Davide Martizzi , Drummond Fielding , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere , Eliot Quataert

Star clusters interact with the interstellar medium (ISM) in various ways, most importantly in the destruction of molecular star-forming clouds, resulting in inefficient star formation on galactic scales. On cloud scales, ionizing radiation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-25 Daniel Rahner , Eric W. Pellegrini , Simon C. O. Glover , Ralf S. Klessen

We present a new theoretical framework for using entropy to understand how outflows driven by supernovae are launched from disc galaxies: via continuous, buoyant acceleration through the circumgalactic medium (CGM). When young star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-19 B. W. Keller , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen , J. W. Wadsley

Galaxies at redshift $z\sim 1-2$ display high star formation rates (SFRs) with elevated cold gas fractions and column densities. Simulating a self-regulated ISM in a hydrodynamical, self-consistent context, has proven challenging due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-04 Alon Gurman , Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Chia-Yu Hu , Amiel Sterberg

Feedback effects generated by supernovae (SNe) and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are pivotal in shaping the evolution of galaxies and their present-day structures. However, our understanding of the specific mechanisms operating at galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-20 Kentaro Nagamine

Supernova (SN) blast waves inject energy and momentum into the interstellar medium (ISM), control its turbulent multiphase structure and the launching of galactic outflows. Accurate modelling of the blast wave evolution is therefore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Sebastian Haid , Stefanie Walch , Thorsten Naab , Daniel Seifried , Jonathan Mackey , Andrea Gatto

Galactic winds shape the stellar, gas, and metal content of galaxies. To quantify their impact, we must understand their physics. We review potential wind-driving mechanisms and observed wind properties, with a focus on the warm ionized and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-21 Todd A. Thompson , Timothy M. Heckman

We develop a new realistic prescription for modeling the stellar feedback, which minimizes any ad hoc assumptions about sub-grid physics. We start with developing high resolution models of the ISM and formulate the conditions required for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-03 Daniel Ceverino , Anatoly Klypin

Using Gadget-2 cosmological hydrodynamic simulations including an observationally-constrained model for galactic outflows, we investigate how feedback from star formation distributes mass, metals, and energy on cosmic scales from z=6->0. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Romeel Davé

We use idealized three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of global galactic discs to study the launching of galactic winds by supernovae (SNe). The simulations resolve the cooling radii of the majority of supernova remnants (SNRs) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Drummond Fielding , Eliot Quataert , Davide Martizzi , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere

We present a new particle code for modelling the evolution of galaxies. The code is based on a multi-phase description for the interstellar medium (ISM). We included star formation (SF), stellar feedback by massive stars and planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Stefan Harfst , Christian Theis , Gerhard Hensler

Various heuristic approaches to model unresolved supernova (SN) feedback in galaxy formation simulations exist to reproduce the formation of spiral galaxies and the overall inefficient conversion of gas into stars. Some models, however,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 Alejandro Núñez , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Thorsten Naab , Ludwig Oser , Chia-Yu Hu , Ena Choi

We study the magnetic field evolution of an isolated spiral galaxy, using isolated Milky Way-mass galaxy formation simulations and a novel prescription for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) supernova feedback. Our main result is that a galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Iryna Butsky , Jonathan Zrake , Ji-hoon Kim , Hung-I Yang , Tom Abel

We present a detailed investigation of different approaches to modeling feedback in simulations of galaxy formation. Gas-dynamic forces are evaluated using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) while star formation and supernova feedback…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 R. J. Thacker , H. M. P. Couchman

Galactic winds and fountains driven by supernova-heated gas play an integral role in re-distributing gas in galaxies, depositing metals in the circumgalactic medium (CGM), and quenching star formation. The interplay between these outflows…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Chad Bustard , Stephen A. Pardy , Elena D'Onghia , Ellen G. Zweibel , J. S. Gallagher

We investigate the properties of satellite galaxies in cosmological N-body/SPH simulations of galaxy formation in Milky Way-sized haloes. Because of their shallow potential wells, satellite galaxies are very sensitive to heating processes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Takashi Okamoto , Carlos S. Frenk , Adrian Jenkins , Tom Theuns

Feedback to the interstellar medium (ISM) from ionising radiation, stellar winds and supernovae is central to regulating star formation in galaxies. Due to their low mass ($M_{*} < 10^{9}$\,M$_\odot$), dwarf galaxies are particularly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-17 Michelle L. M. Collins , Justin I. Read

Simulations from the scales of isolated galaxies to clouds have been instrumental in informing us about molecular cloud formation and evolution. Simulations are able to investigate the roles of gravity, feedback, turbulence, heating and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-05 Clare Dobbs

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