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We present a novel approach based on Bayesian field-level inference capable of resolving individual galaxies within the Local Group (LG), enabling detailed studies of its structure and formation via posterior simulations. We extend the…

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We present a new technique for creating mock catalogues of the individual stars that make up the accreted component of stellar haloes in cosmological simulations and show how the catalogues can be used to test and interpret observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-27 Ben Lowing , Wenting Wang , Andrew Cooper , Rachel Kennedy , John Helly , Carlos Frenk , Shaun Cole

We use particle data from the Illustris simulation, combined with individual kinematic constraints on the mass of the Milky Way (MW) at specific distances from the Galactic center, to infer the radial distribution of the MW's dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-28 Corbin Taylor , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Paul Torrey , Mark Vogelsberger , Lars Hernquist

Measuring galaxy rotation curves is critical for inferring the properties of dark-matter haloes in the Lambda Cold Dark Matter ($\Lambda$CDM) paradigm. We present HI rotation curves and mass models for 20 galaxies from the MIGHTEE survey.…

The next generation of galaxy surveys will provide more precise measurements of galaxy clustering than have previously been possible. The 21-cm radio signals that are emitted from neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas will be detected by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Fei Qin , Cullan Howlett , Adam R. H. Stevens , David Parkinson

The estimation of the bulge and disk massses, the main baryonic components of a galaxy, can be performed using various approaches, but their implementation tend to be challenging as they often rely on strong assumptions about either the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-28 Jessica N. Lopez Sanchez , Erick Munive Villa , Ana A. Avilez Lopez , Oscar M. Martinez Bravo

We model the two-point correlation function of galaxies in a cold dark matter Universe by combining two powerful theoretical tools - dissipationless N-body simulations of dark matter clustering (specifically the GIF simulations carried out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. J. Benson , S. Cole , C. S. Frenk , C. M. Baugh , C. G. Lacey

We model the galaxy formation in a series of high-resolution N-body simulations using the semi-analytical approach. Unlike many earlier investigations based on semi-analytical models, we make use of the subhalos resolved in the $N$-body…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-19 X. Kang , Y. P. Jing , H. J. Mo , G. Boerner

Aims. We explore machine learning techniques to forecast star formation rate, stellar mass, and metallicity across galaxies with redshifts ranging from 0.01 to 0.3. Methods. Leveraging CatBoost and deep learning architectures, we utilize…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-27 F. Z. Zeraatgari , F. Hafezianzadeh , Y. -X. Zhang , A. Mosallanezhad , J. -Y. Zhang

A simple, 1-equation, galaxy formation model is applied to both the halo merger tree derived from a high-resolution dissipationless cosmological simulation and to 1/4 million Monte-Carlo halo merger trees. The galaxy formation model…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Gary A. Mamon , Dylan Tweed , Trinh X. Thuan , Andrea Cattaneo

We present Dark from Light (DfL) - a novel method to infer the dark sector in wide-field galaxy surveys, leveraging a machine learning approach trained on contemporary cosmological simulations. The aim of this algorithm is to provide a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Asa F. L. Bluck , Joanna M. Piotrowska , Paul Goubert , Roberto Maiolino , Camilo Casimiro , Thomas Pinto Franco , Nicolas Cea

Using conditional luminosity functions (CLFs) which encode the luminosity distribution of galaxies as a function of halo mass, we construct a halo model of IRAS galaxies selected at 60 micron. An abundance matching technique is used to link…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Lingyu Wang , Asantha Cooray , Seb Oliver

Galaxies host a wide array of internal stellar components, which need to be decomposed accurately in order to understand their formation and evolution. While significant progress has been made with recent integral-field spectroscopic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Min Du , Luis C. Ho , Dongyao Zhao , Jingjing Shi , Victor P. Debattista , Lars Hernquist , Dylan Nelson

We present high-resolution N-body/hydrodynamics simulations of dwarf galaxies formed in isolated CDM halos with the same virial mass, Mv~2.5x10^10 Msun at z=0, in order to (1) study the mass assembly histories (MAHs) of the halo, stars, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-31 A. González-Samaniego , P. Colín , V. Avila-Reese , A. Rodríguez-Puebla , O. Valenzuela

Recent studies emphasize that an empirical relation between the stellar mass of galaxies and the mass of their host dark matter subhaloes can predict the clustering of galaxies and its evolution with cosmic time. In this paper we study the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-07 Eyal Neistein , Simone M. Weinmann , Cheng Li , Michael Boylan-Kolchin

The physical properties of the intracluster medium (ICM) reflect signatures of the underlying gravitational potential, mergers and strong interactions with other halos and satellite galaxies, as well as galactic feedback from supernovae and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-27 Urmila Chadayammuri , Lukas Eisert , Annalisa Pillepich , Katrin Lehle , Mohammadreza Ayromlou , Dylan Nelson

We present an empirical approach for interpreting gravitational wave signals of binary black hole mergers under the assumption that the underlying black hole population is sourced by remnants of stellar evolution. Using the observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-08 Oliver D. Elbert , James S. Bullock , Manoj Kaplinghat

For any assumed stellar Initial Mass Function, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) gives a precise determination of the stellar mass function of galaxies for 10^8 M_sun < M_* < 10^12 M_sun. Within the concordance LCDM cosmology, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-28 Qi Guo , Simon White , Cheng Li , Michael Boylan-Kolchin

A mid-infrared atlas of part of the Galactic plane ($75^\circ < l < 148^\circ, b = \pm6^\circ$) has been constructed using HIRES processed infrared data to provide a mid-infrared data set for the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. R. Kerton , P. G. Martin

In recent years, cosmological hydrodynamical simulations have proven their utility as key interpretative tools in the study of galaxy formation and evolution. In this work, we present a like-for-like comparison between the baryon cycle in…