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Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation in representative regions of the Universe typically need to resort to subresolution models to follow some of the feedback processes crucial for galaxy formation. Here, we show that…

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We develop a new realistic prescription for modeling the stellar feedback, which minimizes any ad hoc assumptions about sub-grid physics. We start with developing high resolution models of the ISM and formulate the conditions required for…

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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

Large volume cosmological simulations succeed in reproducing the large-scale structure of the Universe. However, they lack resolution and may not take into account all relevant physical processes to test if the detail properties of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Marie Martig , Frederic Bournaud , Romain Teyssier

We present a hydrodynamical code based on the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics technique implemented in an AP3M code aimed at solving the hydrodynamical and gravitational equations in a cosmological frame. We analyze the ability of the code to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 P. B. Tissera , D. G. Lambas , M. G. Abadi

We present our recently developed {\em galcon} approach to hydrodynamical cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters - a subgrid model added to the {\em Enzo} adaptive mesh refinement code - which is capable of tracking galaxies within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Yinon Arieli , Yoel Rephaeli , Michael L. Norman

Cosmological field-level inference requires differentiable forward models that solve the challenging dynamics of gas and dark matter under hydrodynamics and gravity. We propose a hybrid approach where gravitational forces are computed using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-31 Arne Thomsen , Tilman Tröster , François Lanusse

We present a suite of cosmological radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of the assembly of galaxies driving the reionization of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at z >~ 6. The simulations account for the hydrodynamical feedback from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-11 Andreas H. Pawlik , Joop Schaye , Claudio Dalla Vecchia

We extend a machine learning (ML) framework presented previously to model galaxy formation and evolution in a hierarchical universe using N-body + hydrodynamical simulations. In this work, we show that ML is a promising technique to study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Harshil M. Kamdar , Matthew J. Turk , Robert J. Brunner

Using reconstructed initial conditions in the SDSS survey volume, we carry out constrained hydrodynamic simulations in three regions representing different types of the cosmic web: the Coma cluster of galaxies; the SDSS great wall; and a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-08 Renjie Li , Huiyuan Wang , H. J. Mo , Shuiyao Huang , Neal Katz , Xiong Luo , Weiguang Cui , Hao Li , Xiaohu Yang , Ning Jiang , Yuning Zhang

Stars are fossils that retain the history of their host galaxies. Elements heavier than helium are created inside stars and are ejected when they die. From the spatial distribution of elements in galaxies, it is therefore possible to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-27 Chiaki Kobayashi , Philip Taylor

Star formation, together with the associated chemical and energy feedback, is one of the most important processes in galaxy evolution. The star formation activity in galaxies defines and affects many of their fundamental properties, such as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-14 Ezequiel Lozano , Cecilia Scannapieco , Sebastian E. Nuza

The abundance and structure of dark matter subhalos has been analyzed extensively in recent studies of dark matter-only simulations, but comparatively little is known about the impact of baryonic physics on halo substructures. We here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 K. Dolag , S. Borgani , G. Murante , V. Springel

It is well known that cosmic rays (CRs) contribute significantly to the pressure of the interstellar medium in our own Galaxy, suggesting that they may play an important role in regulating star formation during the formation and evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Jubelgas , Volker Springel , Torsten A. Ensslin , Christoph Pfrommer

Our ability to predict the structure and evolution of stars is in part limited by complex, 3D hydrodynamic processes such as convective boundary mixing. Hydrodynamic simulations help us understand the dynamics of stellar convection and…

We use idealized 3D hydrodynamic simulations to study the dynamics and thermal structure of the circumgalactic medium (CGM). Our simulations quantify the role of cooling, stellar feedback driven galactic winds and cosmological gas accretion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-08 Drummond Fielding , Eliot Quataert , Michael McCourt , Todd A. Thompson

We present cosmological hydrodynamic simulations performed to study evolution of galaxy population. The simulations follow timed release of mass, energy, and metals by stellar evolution and employ phenomenological treatments of supernova…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-15 Takashi Okamoto , Ikkoh Shimizu , Naoki Yoshida

The problem of galaxy formation and its dependence on thermodynamic properties is addressed by using Eulerian hydrodynamic numerical simulations of large scale structure formation. Global galaxy properties are explored in simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. -M. Alimi , S. Courty

We study the effects of applying observational techniques to derive the properties of simulated galaxies, with the aim of making an unbiased comparison between observations and simulations. For our study, we used fifteen galaxies simulated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-25 Giovanni Guidi , Cecilia Scannapieco , C. Jakob Walcher , Anna Gallazzi

Hydrodynamical cosmological simulations are a powerful tool for accurately predicting the properties of the intergalactic medium (IGM) and for producing mock skies that can be compared against observational data. However, the need to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Cooper Jacobus , Peter Harrington , Zarija Lukić