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We perform hydrodynamical simulations of a young galactic disc embedded in a hot gaseous halo using parameters typical for Lyman break galaxies (LBGs). We take into account the (static) gravitational potentials due to a dark matter halo, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Wolfgang von Glasow , Martin Krause , Jesper Sommer-Larsen , Andreas Burkert

We investigate models of self-consistent chemical enrichment of the intergalactic medium (IGM) from z=6 to 1.5, based on hydrodynamic simulations of structure formation that incorporate galactic outflows. Our main result is that outflow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-21 Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Romeel Davé

It is expected that cosmic rays (CRs) escape from high-redshift galaxies at redshift $z\sim 10 \, - \, 20$ because CRs are accelerated by supernova remnants of the first stars. Although ultraviolet and X-ray photons are widely considered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-07 Shota L. Yokoyama , Yutaka Ohira

Star-forming galaxies are in a state of turbulence, with one of the principle components of the turbulence sourced by the constant injection of momentum from supernovae (SNe) explosions. Utilizing high-resolution stratified,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-12 Isabelle Connor , James R. Beattie , Anne Noer Kolborg , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

The impact of winds and jet-inflated bubbles driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are believed to significantly affect the host galaxy's interstellar medium (ISM) and regulate star formation. To explore this scenario, we perform a suite…

We report on observations made with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) using background QSOs to probe the circum-galactic medium (CGM) around 17 low-redshift galaxies that are undergoing or have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-20 Timothy Heckman , Sanchayeeta Borthakur , Vivienne Wild , David Schiminovich , Rongmon Bordoloi

Cosmic rays (CRs) play a major role in the dynamics of the interstellar medium (ISM). Their interactions and transport ionize, heat, and push the ISM thereby coupling different regions of it. The spatial distribution of CRs depends on the…

Massive stars blow powerful stellar winds throughout their evolutionary stages from the main sequence to Wolf-Rayet phases. The amount of mechanical energy deposited in the interstellar medium by the wind from a massive star can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Jeongbhin Seo , Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

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

We give a brief review of the origin and acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs), emphasizing the production of CRs at different stages of supernova evolution by the first-order Fermi shock acceleration mechanism. We suggest that supernovae with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 A. M. Bykov , D. C. Ellison , A. Marcowith , S. M. Osipov

We study how outflows of gas launched from a central galaxy undergoing repeated starbursts propagate through the circumgalactic medium (CGM), using the simulation code RAMSES. We assume that the outflow from the disk can be modelled as a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Teresita Suarez , Andrew Pontzen , Hiranya V. Peiris , Adrianne Slyz , Julien Devriendt

Galaxy clusters grow by gas accretion, mostly from mergers of substructures, which release powerful shock waves into cosmic plasmas and convert a fraction of kinetic energy into thermal energy, amplification of magnetic fields and into the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-11 A. M. Bykov , F. Vazza , J. A. Kropotina , K. P. Levenfish , F. B. S. Paerels

Galaxy groups are not scaled down versions of massive galaxy clusters - the hot gas in groups (known as the intragroup medium, IGrM for short) is, on average, less dense than the intracluster medium, implying that one or more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-16 Ian G. McCarthy , Joop Schaye , Richard G. Bower , Trevor J. Ponman , Craig M. Booth , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Volker Springel

We use a simple model for cosmic ray (CR) production and transport to assess the impact of CRs on $z$\,$=$\,$0$ galaxy, circumgalactic medium (CGM), and halo properties. To do so, we run the first suite of large-volume cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Rahul Ramesh , Dylan Nelson , Philipp Girichidis

The theory of Galactic Winds, driven by the cosmic-ray pressure gradient, is reviewed both on the magnetohydrodynamic and on the kinetic level. In this picture the magnetic field of the Galaxy above the dense gas disk is assumed to have a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-06 Heinrich J. Völk

We use adaptive-mesh magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the effect of magnetic fields on ram pressure stripping of galaxies in the intracluster medium (ICM). Although the magnetic pressure in typical clusters is not strong enough to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-31 Rukmani Vijayaraghavan , Paul M. Ricker

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) can strongly impact the host galaxies by driving high-velocity winds that impart substantial energy and momentum to the interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we study the impact of these winds…

Star formation bursts promote the ejection of material from the hosting galaxies due to the momentum and energy injected by winds from massive stars and supernova explosions. Numerical or analytical models generally consider that the mass,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-13 J. A. Osorio-Caballero , A. Rodríguez-González , Z. Meliani

The quenching `maintenance' and `cooling flow' problems are important from the Milky Way through massive cluster elliptical galaxies. Previous work has shown that some source of energy beyond that from stars and pure magnetohydrodynamic…

Supernova remnants are believed to be the main sources of galactic Cosmic Rays (CR). Within this framework, particles are accelerated at supernova remnant shocks and then released in the interstellar medium. The mechanism through which CRs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-19 Lara Nava , Stefano Gabici , Alexandre Marcowith , Giovanni Morlino , Vladimir S. Ptuskin