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We simulate the formation and chemodynamical evolution of 128 elliptical galaxies using a GRAPE-SPH code that includes various physical processes that are associated with the formation of stellar systems: radiative cooling, star formation,…

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The results of study of the gravitational fragmentation in the interstellar medium (ISM) by clump-clump collisions are presented. We suggest, that collision of clumps, that are subparts of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) may be on of the basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 S. B. Vinogradov , P. Berczik

This paper proposes a novel consistent {\delta}+- Updated Lagrangian Particle Hydrodynamics (ULPH) model. Although the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) model has gained recognized achievements, it is afflicted by excessive numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-13 Shi-Xian Wu , Peng-Nan Sun , Xiao-Ting Huang , Yu-Xiang Peng , Andrea Colagrossi

We present a detailed investigation of different approaches to modeling feedback in simulations of galaxy formation. Gas-dynamic forces are evaluated using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) while star formation and supernova feedback…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 R. J. Thacker , H. M. P. Couchman

For simulations that deal only with dark matter or stellar systems, the conventional N-body technique is fast, memory efficient, and relatively simple to implement. However when including the effects of gas physics, mesh codes are at a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-21 Nigel L. Mitchell , Eduard I. Vorobyov , Gerhard Hensler

Three dimensional hydrodynamic simulations have been performed using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) in order to study the effects of discrete jets on the processes of plasma liner formation, implosion on vacuum, and expansion. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. T. Cassibry , M. Stanic , S. C. Hsu , S. I. Abarzhi , F. D. Witherspoon

The problem of chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies is one of the most attracting and complex problems of modern astrophysics. Within the framework of the given work the standard dynamic Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Berczik

Graphics research on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) has produced fantastic visual results that are unique across the board of research communities concerned with SPH simulations. Generally, the SPH formalism serves as a spatial…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Dan Koschier , Jan Bender , Barbara Solenthaler , Matthias Teschner

The modern merger hypothesis offers a method of forming a new elliptical galaxy through merging two equal-mass, gas-rich disk galaxies fuelling a nuclear starburst followed by efficient quenching and dynamical stabilization. A key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-08 Tim Haines , D. H. McIntosh , S. F. Sánchez , C. Tremonti , G. Rudnick

We examine the accretion and merger histories of central and satellite galaxies in a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) cosmological simulation that resolves galaxies down to 7e9 M[Sun]. Most friends-of-friends halos in the simulation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Vimal Simha , David H. Weinberg , Romeel Dave , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Neal Katz , Dusan Keres

We present the first results from our Post-Newtonian (PN) Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code, which has been used to study the coalescence of binary neutron star (NS) systems. The Lagrangian particle-based code incorporates…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Joshua A. Faber , Frederic A. Rasio

Blue stragglers are thought to be formed from the merger or coalescence of two stars, but the details of their formation in clusters has been difficult to disentangle. We discuss the two main formation mechanisms for blue stragglers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Alison Sills

Recent observations indicate that the progenitors of globular clusters (GCs) at high redshifts had high average stellar surface densities above $10^5\, \mathrm{M}_\odot\, \mathrm{pc}^{-2}$. The internal structure and kinematics of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-10 Natalia Lahén , Thorsten Naab , Antti Rantala , Christian Partmann

The recent observations of gravitational waves (GWs) by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration (LVK) have provided a new opportunity for studying our Universe. By detecting several merging events of black holes (BHs), LVK has spurred the…

We compare the results of numerical simulations of thin and quasi-spherical (thick) accretion flows with existing analytical solutions. We use a Lagrangian code based on the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) scheme and an Eulerian finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Diego Molteni , Dongsu Ryu , Sandip K. Chakrabarti

We introduce a new hybrid method to perform high-resolution tidal disruption simulations, at arbitrary orbits. An SPH code is used to simulate tidal disruptions only in the immediate spatial domain of the star, namely, where the tidal…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Uri Malamud , Hagai Perets

We perform a series of three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations to study the evolution of the angle between the protostellar spin and the protoplanetary disk rotation axes (the star-disk angle $\psi_{\rm sd}$) in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Daisuke Takaishi , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Yasushi Suto

We employ a multi-phase smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method to study droplet dynamics in shear flow. With an extensive range of Reynolds number, capillary number, wall confinement, and density/viscosity ratio between the droplet…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-07 Kuiliang Wang , Hong Liang , Chong Zhao , Xin Bian

We look for a simple analytic model to distinguish between stellar clusters undergoing a bimodal hydrodynamic solution from those able to drive only a stationary wind. Clusters in the bimodal regime undergo strong radiative cooling within…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Wunsch , S. Silich , J. Palous , G. Tenorio-Tagle

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…

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