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While feedback from massive stars exploding as supernovae (SNe) is thought to be one of the key ingredients regulating galaxy formation, theoretically it is still unclear how the available energy couples to the interstellar medium and how…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-27 Matthew C. Smith , Debora Sijacki , Sijing Shen

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

There is growing observational evidence for dwarf galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN), including hints of AGN-driven outflows in dwarfs. However, in the common theoretical model of galaxy formation, efficient supernova (SN)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-02 Sophie Koudmani , Debora Sijacki , Matthew C. Smith

Supernova (SN) feedback is one of the key processes shaping the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. SNe contribute to (and in some cases may dominate) driving turbulence in the ISM and accelerating galactic winds. Modern cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-11 Davide Martizzi , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere , Eliot Quataert

Cosmological simulations make use of sub-grid recipes for the implementation of galactic winds driven by massive stars because direct injection of supernova energy in thermal form leads to strong radiative losses, rendering the feedback…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Joop Schaye

We present a model for star formation and supernova feedback that describes the multi-phase structure of star forming gas on scales that are typically not resolved in cosmological simulations. Our approach includes radiative heating and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-19 Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Takashi Okamoto

It is often understood that supernova (SN) feedback in galaxies is responsible for regulating star formation and generating gaseous outflows. However, a detailed look at their effect on the local interstellar medium (ISM) on small mass…

Understanding how galaxies maintain the inefficiency of star formation with physically self-consistent models is a central problem for galaxy evolution. Although numerous theoretical models have been proposed in recent decades, the debate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Ya-Ping Li , Feng Yuan , Houjun Mo , Doosoo Yoon , Zhao-Ming Gan , Luis C. Ho , Bo Wang , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Luca Ciotti

We present a subgrid model for supernova feedback designed for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation that may include a cold interstellar medium (ISM). The model uses thermal and kinetic channels of energy injection, which are built…

Stars form in cold, dense clouds embedded in galactic discs, but whether their formation is primarily regulated by gravitational collapse, turbulence, or stellar feedback remains unclear. Using four high-resolution dwarf galaxy simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-16 D. Whitworth , E. Vázquez-Semadeni , J. Ballesteros-Paredes , G. O. Gómez

Supernova (SN) explosions play an important role in the development of galactic structures. The energy and momentum imparted on the interstellar medium (ISM) in so-called "supernova feedback" drives turbulence, heats the gas, enriches it…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-25 André-Patrick Bubel

We have developed a new scheme to treat a multiphase interstellar medium in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation. This scheme can represent a co-spatial mixture of cold and hot ISM components, and is formulated…

We use high-resolution cosmological simulations to compare the effect of bursty star formation histories on dwarf galaxy structure for two different subgrid supernovae (SNe) feedback models in dwarf galaxies with stellar masses from $5000…

We present a Supernova (SN) feedback model that succeeds at describing the chemical and energetic effects of SN explosions in galaxy formation simulations. This new SN model has been coupled to GADGET-2 and works within a new multiphase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 P. B. Tissera , C. Scannapieco , S. D. M. White , V. Springel

A model of supernovae feedback during disc galaxy formation is developed. The model incorporates infall of cooling gas from a halo and outflow of hot gas from a multiphase interstellar medium and a self-regulated model for star formation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 G. Efstathiou

Feedback from supernovae is essential to understanding the self-regulation of star formation in galaxies. However, the efficacy of the process in a cosmological context remains unclear due to excessive radiative losses during the shock…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Taysun Kimm , Renyue Cen , Julien Devriendt , Yohan Dubois , Adrianne Slyz

Regulating the available gas mass inside galaxies proceeds through a delicate balance between inflows and outflows, but also through the internal depletion of gas due to star formation. At the same time, stellar feedback is the internal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Michael Kretschmer , Romain Teyssier

Feedback from supernovae (SNe) is an essential mechanism that self-regulates the growth of galaxies, and a better model of SN feedback is still needed in galaxy formation simulations. In the first part of this paper, using an Eulerian…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-31 Yuri Oku , Kengo Tomida , Kentaro Nagamine , Ikkoh Shimizu , Renyue Cen

Supernova (SN) feedback plays a vital role in the evolution of galaxies. While modern cosmological simulations capture the leading structures within galaxies, they struggle to provide sufficient resolution to study small-scale stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-10 Platon I. Karpov , Davide Martizzi , Phillip Macias , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Anne N. Kolborg , Jill P. Naiman
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