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We present a multi-phase representation of the ISM in NB-TSPH simulations of galaxy formation and evolution with particular attention to the case of early-type galaxies. Cold gas clouds are described by the so-called sticky particles…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Emiliano Merlin , Cesare Chiosi

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…

We present a subgrid-scale model for the Multi-phase Interstellar medium, Star formation, and Turbulence (MIST) and explore its behaviour in high-resolution large-eddy simulations of isolated disc galaxies. MIST follows the evolution of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Harald Braun , Wolfram Schmidt , Jens C. Niemeyer , Ann S. Almgren

We introduce the star formation and Supernova (SN) feedback model of the SATIN (Simulating AGNs Through ISM with Non-Equilibrium Effects) project to simulate the evolution of the star forming multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) of entire…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Rebekka Bieri , Thorsten Naab , Sam Geen , Jonathan P. Coles , Rüdiger Pakmor , Stefanie Walch

We describe techniques for incorporating feedback from star formation and black hole accretion into simulations of isolated and merging galaxies. At present, the details of these processes cannot be resolved in simulations on galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Volker Springel , Tiziana Di Matteo , Lars Hernquist

The goal of this work is to to investigate different numerical approaches and to introduce a new, physically-based sub-grid model for the ISM physics, including a treatment of star formation and Type II supernovae energy feedback (MUPPI,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-09 Martina Giovalli

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

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

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 demonstrate that the feedback from stellar bulges can play an essential role in shaping the halo gas of galaxies with substantial bulge components by conducting 1-D hydrodynamical simulations. The feedback model we consider consists of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Shikui Tang , Q. Daniel Wang , Yu Lu , H. J. Mo

We perform calculations of isolated disc galaxies to investigate how the properties of the ISM, the nature of molecular clouds, and the global star formation rate depend on the level of stellar feedback. We adopt a simple physical model,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 C. L. Dobbs , A. Burkert , J. E. Pringle

We present a new comprehensive model of the physics of galaxy formation designed for large-scale hydrodynamical simulations of structure formation using the moving mesh code AREPO. Our model includes primordial and metal line cooling with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Mark Vogelsberger , Shy Genel , Debora Sijacki , Paul Torrey , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

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

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 present STARFORGE (STAR FORmation in Gaseous Environments): a new numerical framework for 3D radiation MHD simulations of star formation that simultaneously follow the formation, accretion, evolution, and dynamics of individual stars in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Michael Y. Grudić , Dávid Guszejnov , Philip F. Hopkins , Stella S. R. Offner , Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

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…

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 S. M. Benincasa , J. Wadsley , H. M. P. Couchman , B. W. Keller

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

Feedback from star formation is thought to play a key role in the formation and evolution of galaxies, but its implementation in cosmological simulations is currently hampered by a lack of numerical resolution. We present and test a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-29 Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Joop Schaye

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