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We present accurate Monte-Carlo calculations of Lyman Alpha (hereafter Lya) radiation pressure in a range of models which represent galaxies during various epochs of our Universe. We show that the radiation force that Lya photons exert on…

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A significant fraction of the high-redshift galaxies show strong Lyman emission lines. For redshifts z>5, most known galaxies belong to this class. However, so far not much is known about the physical structure and nature of these objects.…

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Understanding the production and escape of Lyman $\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) radiation from star-forming galaxies is a long standing problem in astrophysics. The ability to predict the Ly$\alpha$ luminosity of galaxies would open up new ways of…

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The goal of searching back in cosmic time to find star formation during the epoch of reionization will soon be within reach. We assess the detectability of high-redshift galaxies by combining cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy…

Early JWST observations have revealed substantial numbers of galaxies out to redshifts as high as $z \simeq 14$, reflecting a slow evolution of the galaxy UV luminosity function (LF) not anticipated by many models of galaxy evolution. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-16 C. T. Donnan , J. S. Dunlop , R. J. McLure , D. J. McLeod , F. Cullen

Radiation feedback from stellar clusters is expected to play a key role in setting the rate and efficiency of star formation in giant molecular clouds (GMCs). To investigate how radiation forces influence realistic turbulent systems, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-05 Sudhir Raskutti , Eve C. Ostriker , M. Aaron Skinner

We explore the relation between the star formation rate surface density ($\Sigma$SFR) and the interstellar gas pressure for nearby compact starburst galaxies. The sample consists of 17 green peas and 19 Lyman break analogs. Green peas are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-27 Tianxing Jiang , Sangeeta Malhotra , Huan Yang , James E. Rhoads

Early results of JWST observations have delivered bright $z\gtrsim 10$ galaxy candidates in greater numbers than expected, enabling construction of the rest-frame UV luminosity functions (LFs). The LFs contain key information on the galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 Kohei Inayoshi , Yuichi Harikane , Akio K. Inoue , Wenxiu Li , Luis C. Ho

Motivated by the WMAP results indicating an early epoch of reionization, we consider alternative cosmic star formation models which are capable of reionizing the early intergalactic medium. We develop models which include an early burst of…

JWST observations have revealed an overabundance of bright galaxies at $z \geq 9$, creating apparent tensions with theoretical predictions within standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We address this challenge using a semi-empirical approach…

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We perform joint modeling of the composite rest-frame far-UV (FUV) and optical spectra of redshift 1.85<z<3.49 star-forming galaxies to deduce key properties of the massive stars, ionized ISM, and neutral ISM, with the aim of investigating…

We conduct a theoretical study of the formation of massive stars over a wide range of metallicities from 1e-5 to 1Zsun and evaluate the star formation efficiencies (SFEs) from prestellar cloud cores taking into account multiple feedback…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Kei E. I. Tanaka , Jonathan C. Tan , Yichen Zhang , Takashi Hosokawa

Environmental effects on the evolution of galaxies have been one of the leading questions in galaxy studies for decades. In this work, we investigate the relationship between the star formation activity of galaxies and their environmental…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-01 Laya Ghodsi , Allison Man , Darko Donevski , Romeel Davé , Seunghwan Lim , Christopher C. Lovell , Desika Narayanan

The Lyman alpha line is a robust tracer of high redshift galaxies. We present estimates of Lyman alpha emission from a protogalactic halo illuminated by UV background radiation fields with various intensities. For this purpose, we performed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. A. Latif , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , M. Spaans , S. Zaroubi

Any successful model of galaxy formation needs to explain the low rate of star formation in the small progenitors of today's galaxies. This inefficiency is necessary for reproducing the low stellar-to-virial mass fractions, suggested by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Daniel Ceverino , Anatoly Klypin , Elizabeth Klimek , Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez , Christopher W. Churchill , Joel Primack , Avishai Dekel

We use the Arepo moving mesh code to simulate the evolution of molecular clouds exposed to a harsh environment similar to that found in the galactic center (GC), in an effort to understand why the star formation efficiency (SFE) of clouds…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Erik Bertram , Simon C. O. Glover , Paul C. Clark , Ralf S. Klessen

Understanding how and why star formation varies between galaxies is fundamental to our comprehension of galaxy evolution. In particular, the star-formation efficiency (SFE; star-formation rate or SFR per unit cold gas mass) has been shown…

Recent observations in the total luminosity density have led to significant progress in establishing the star formation rate (SFR) at high redshift. Concurrently observed gamma-ray burst rates have also been used to extract the SFR at high…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 E. Vangioni , K. A. Olive , T. Prestegard , J. Silk , P. Petitjean , V. Mandic