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In the era of precision cosmology and ever-improving cosmological simulations, a better understanding of different galaxy components such as bulges and discs will give us new insight into galactic formation and evolution. Based on the fact…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Yesukhei Jagvaral , Duncan Campbell , Rachel Mandelbaum , Markus Michael Rau

We perform a series of controlled N-body simulations of growing disc galaxies within non-growing, live dark matter haloes of varying mass and concentration. Our initial conditions include either a low-mass disc or a compact bulge. New…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-04 Michael Aumer , James Binney , Ralph Schönrich

We present "radially-resolved-equilibrium-models" for the growth of stellar and gaseous disks in cosmologically accreting massive halos. Our focus is on objects that evolve to redshifts $z\sim 2$. We solve the time-dependent equations that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-29 Ben Rathaus , Amiel Sternberg

We describe a new, free and open source semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, Galacticus. The Galacticus model was designed to be highly modular to facilitate expansion and the exploration of alternative descriptions of key physical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Andrew J. Benson

We introduce a new model for the structure and evolution of the gas in galactic discs. In the model the gas is in vertical pressure and energy balance. Star formation feedback injects energy and momentum, and non-axisymmetric torques…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-25 Mark R. Krumholz , Blakesley Burkhart , John C. Forbes , Roland M. Crocker

We perform several high resolution N-Body/SPH simulations of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBs) embedded in cold dark matter halos to study how likely is bar formation in such systems. The behavior of various collisionless galaxy models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Lucio Mayer , James Wadsley

We study the evolution of atomic and molecular gas in galaxies in semi-analytic models of galaxy formation that include new modeling of the partitioning of cold gas in galactic discs into atomic, molecular, and ionised phases. We adopt two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Gergo Popping , Rachel S. Somerville , Scott C. Trager

The baryonic discs of galaxies are believed to alter the shapes of the dark matter haloes in which they reside. We perform a set of hydrodynamical N-body simulations of disc galaxies with triaxial dark matter haloes, using elliptical discs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-19 Rubens E. G. Machado , E. Athanassoula , S. A. Rodionov

This paper shows how a self-consistent dynamical model can be obtained by fitting the gravitational potential of the Milky Way to the stellar kinematics and densities from Gaia data. Using the Besancon Galaxy Model we derive a potential and…

In the absence of an interaction, central bars might be the most effective mechanism for radial motions of gas in barred spiral galaxies, which represent two-thirds of disc galaxies. The dynamical effects induced by bars in the first few…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-12-20 O. Cavichia , M. Mollá , R. D. D. Costa , W. J. Maciel

We use high resolution N-Body/SPH simulations to study the hydrodynamical and gravitational interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way. We model the dark and hot extended halo components as well as the stellar/gaseous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chiara Mastropietro , Ben Moore , Lucio Mayer , James Wadsley , Joachim Stadel

Many observed disc galaxies harbour a central bar. In the standard cosmological paradigm, galactic bars should be slowed down by dynamical friction from the dark matter halo. This friction depends on the galaxy's physical properties in a…

We construct several Milky Way-like galaxy models containing a gas halo (as well as gaseous and stellar disks, a dark matter halo, and a stellar bulge) following either an isothermal or an NFW density profile with varying mass and initial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Jeong-Sun Hwang , Changbom Park , Jun-Hwan Choi

We combine the latest observationally motivated constraints on stellar properties in dark matter haloes, along with data-driven predictions for the atomic (HI) and molecular (H$_2$) gas evolution in galaxies, to derive empirical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-10 Hamsa Padmanabhan , Abraham Loeb

We report a dynamical determination of the separate contributions of disk and dark halo masses to the rotation curve of a spiral galaxy. We use fluid-dynamical models of gas flow in the barred galaxy NGC 4123 to constrain the dynamical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Benjamin J. Weiner , J. A. Sellwood , T. B. Williams

We carry out a comparison study on the bar structure in the Illustris-1 and TNG100 simulations. At $z=0$, 8.9\% of 1232 disc galaxies with stellar mass $>10^{10.5}M_{\odot}$ in Illustris-1 are barred, while the numbers are 55\% of 1269 in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-05 Ze-Bang Zhou , Weishan Zhu , Yang Wang , Long-Long Feng

We follow the formation and evolution of bars in N-body simulations of disc galaxies with gas and/or a triaxial halo. We find that both the relative gas fraction and the halo shape play a major role in the formation and evolution of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Athanassoula , R. E. G. Machado , S. A. Rodionov

Past studies have long emphasised the key role played by galactic stellar bars in the context of disc secular evolution, via the redistribution of gas and stars, the triggering of star formation, and the formation of prominent structures…

We perform controlled N-body simulations of disc galaxies growing within live dark matter (DM) haloes to present-day galaxies that contain both thin and thick discs. We consider two types of models: a) thick-disc initial conditions to which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-14 Michael Aumer , James Binney

We use high resolution N-Body/SPH simulations to study the hydro-dynamical and gravitational interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way. We model the dark and hot extended halo components as well as the stellar/gaseous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Mastropietro , B. Moore , L. Mayer , J. Stadel , J. Wadsley