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We introduce a semi-analytic galaxy formation model implementing a self-consistent treatment for the hot halo gas configuration and the assembly of central disks. Using the model, we explore a preventative feedback model, in which the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yu Lu , H. J. Mo , Risa H. Wechsler

Star formation in galaxies is regulated by the interplay of a range of processes that shape the multiphase gas in the interstellar and circumgalactic media. Using the CAMELS suite of cosmological simulations, we study the effects of varying…

We use a disk formation model to study the effects of galactic outflows (a.k.a. feedback) on the rotation velocity - stellar mass - disk size, gas fraction - stellar mass, and gas phase metalicity - stellar mass scaling relations of disk…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-15 Aaron A. Dutton , Frank C. van den Bosch

We study the detailed structure of galaxies at redshifts z > 2 using cosmological simulations with improved modeling of the interstellar medium and star formation. The simulations follow the formation and dissociation of molecular hydrogen,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-09-21 Marcel Zemp , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Nickolay Y. Gnedin , Andrey V. Kravtsov

Despite recent success in forming realistic present-day galaxies, simulations still form the bulk of their stars earlier than observations indicate. We investigate the process of stellar mass assembly in low-mass field galaxies, a dwarf and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-13 Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez , Anatoly Klypin , Pedro Colin , Daniel Ceverino , Kenza Arraki , Joel Primack

We perform two dimensional hydrodynamic numerical simulations to study the positive active galactic nucleus feedback which triggers, rather than suppresses, star formation. Recently, it was shown by Nayakshin et al. and Ishibashi et al.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Chao Liu , Zhao-ming Gan , Fu-guo Xie

The formation and evolution of galactic disks are complex phenomena, where gas and star dynamics are coupled through star formation and the related feedback. The physical processes are so numerous and intricate that numerical models focus,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Semelin , F. Combes

The formation of galactic discs and the efficiency of star formation within them are issues central to our understanding of galaxy formation. We have developed a detailed and versatile model of disc formation which combines the strengths of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 M. J. Stringer , A. J. Benson

Dwarf galaxies are known to have remarkably low star formation efficiency due to strong feedback. Adopting the dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way as a laboratory, we explore a flexible semi-analytic galaxy formation model to understand how the…

The observed rotation curves of dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxies indicate low density cores, contrary to the predictions of CDM models. A possible solution of this problem involves stellar feedback. A strong baryonic wind driven by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Oleg Y. Gnedin , HongSheng Zhao

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-14 Michael J. Butler , Jonathan C. Tan , Romain Teyssier , Joakim Rosdahl , Sven Van Loo , Sarah Nickerson

We investigate the impact of galactic outflow modelling on the formation and evolution of a disc galaxy, by performing a suite of cosmological simulations with zoomed-in initial conditions of a Milky Way-sized halo. We verify how sensitive…

In $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, to first order, galaxies form out of the cooling of baryons within the virial radius of their dark matter halo. The fractions of mass and angular momentum retained in the baryonic and stellar components of disc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-05 Lorenzo Posti , Antonino Marasco , Filippo Fraternali , Benoit Famaey

We investigate phenomenological models of star formation and supernova feedback in N-body/SPH simulations of galaxy formation. First, we compare different prescriptions in the literature for turning cold gas into stars neglecting feedback…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Scott T. Kay , Frazer R. Pearce , Carlos S. Frenk , Adrian Jenkins

We introduce a suite of thirty cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical zoom simulations of the formation of galaxies in isolated Milky Way mass dark haloes. These were carried out with the moving mesh code \textlcsc{AREPO}, together with a…

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

Self-gravity and stellar feedback are capable of driving turbulence and transporting mass and angular momentum in disk galaxies, but the balance between them is not well understood. In the previous paper in this series, we showed that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Nathan J. Goldbaum , Mark R. Krumholz , John C. Forbes

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rahul Shetty , Eve C. Ostriker

In recent years, several analytic models have demonstrated that simple assumptions about halo growth and feedback-regulated star formation can match the (limited) existing observational data on galaxies at z>6. By extending such models, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-16 Steven R. Furlanetto , Jordan Mirocha

Feedback from massive stars is believed to play a critical role in driving galactic super-winds that enrich the IGM and shape the galaxy mass function and mass-metallicity relation. In previous papers, we introduced new numerical methods…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-22 Philip F. Hopkins , Eliot Quataert , Norman Murray