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We employ the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE-2) physics model to study how the properties of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) evolve during galaxy mergers. We conduct a pixel-by-pixel analysis of molecular gas properties in both the…

The study of star cluster evolution necessitates modeling how their density profiles develop from their natal gas distribution. Observational evidence indicates that many star clusters follow a Plummer-like density profile. However, most…

The galaxy correlation function serves as a fundamental tool for studying cosmology, galaxy formation, and the nature of dark matter. It is well established that more massive, redder and more compact galaxies tend to have stronger…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Ziwen Zhang , Yangyao Chen , Yu Rong , Huiyuan Wang , Houjun Mo , Xiong Luo , Hao Li

We investigate the triggering of star formation and the formation of stellar clusters in molecular clouds that form as the ISM passes through spiral shocks. The spiral shock compresses gas into $\sim$100 pc long main star formation ridge,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-13 R. Smilgys , I. A. Bonnell

The formation of globular clusters is still an unsolved problem. Though most scenarios assume a massive molecular cloud as the progenitor, it is unclear, how the cloud is transformed into a star cluster. Here a scheme of supernova (SN)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Theis

Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and their stellar offspring are the building blocks of galaxies. The physical characteristics of GMCs and their evolution are tightly connected to galaxy evolution. The macroscopic properties of the…

We investigate a scenario where the formation of Globular Clusters (GCs) is triggered by high-speed collisions between infalling atomic-cooling subhalos during the assembly of the main galaxy host, a special dynamical mode of star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-19 Piero Madau , Alessandro Lupi , Juerg Diemand , Andreas Burkert , Douglas N. C. Lin

In this thesis, we aim to further elucidate the phenomenon of galaxy evolution in the environment of galaxy clusters using the methodology of numerical simulations. For that, we have developed hydrodynamic models in which idealized gas-rich…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-15 Rafael Ruggiero

Stars are often observed to form in clusters. It is therefore important to understand how such a region of concentrated mass is assembled out of the diffuse medium and its properties eventually prescribe the important physical mechanisms…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 Yueh-Ning Lee , Patrick Hennebelle

The cold molecular gas in contemporary galaxies is structured in discrete cloud complexes. These giant molecular clouds (GMCs), with $10^4$-$10^7$ solar masses and radii of 5-100 parsecs, are the seeds of star formation. Highlighting the…

We analyse the results of four simulations of isolated galaxies: two with a rigid spiral potential of fixed pattern speed, but with different degrees of star-formation induced feedback, one with an axisymmetric galactic potential and one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 C. L. Dobbs , J. E. Pringle , A. Burkert

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is the most extreme star-forming environment in the Milky Way in terms of gas pressures, densities, temperatures, and dynamics. It acts as a critical test bed for developing star formation theories…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-06 Maya A. Petkova , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

The formation of supermassive stars is believed to be an essential intermediate step for the formation of the massive black hole seeds that become the supermassive black holes powering the quasars observed in the early Universe. Numerical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-28 Bastián Reinoso , Ralf S. Klessen , Dominik Schleicher , Simon C. O. Glover , P. Solar

Observations of the interstellar medium by the Herschel, Planck etc. infrared satellites throw doubt on standard {\Lambda}CDMHC cosmological processes to form gravitational structures. According to the Hydro-Gravitational-Dynamics (HGD)…

General Physics · Physics 2012-11-06 Carl H. Gibson

We investigate how the properties of Galactic giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and their denser substructures (clumps) correlate with the local star formation rate. We trace clouds using the $^{12}$CO(3-2) transition, as observed by the CO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-04 Erika Zetterlund , Jason Glenn , Erik Rosolowsky

Super star clusters are the end product of star formation under the most extreme conditions. As such, studying how their final stellar populations are assembled from their natal progenitor gas clouds can provide strong constraints on star…

We investigate the spatial, kinematic and chemical properties of globular cluster systems formed in merging and interacting galaxies using N-body/SPH simulations. Although we can not resolve individual clusters in our simulation, we assume…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Bekki , Duncan A. Forbes , M. A. Beasley , W. J. Couch

We present a high-resolution simulation of globular cluster formation in a galaxy merger. For the first time in such a simulation, individual star clusters are directly identified and followed on their orbits. We quantitatively compare star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yuexing Li , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Ralf S. Klessen

We present a detailed study of the evolution of GMCs in a galactic disc simulation. We follow individual GMCs (defined in our simulations by a total column density criterion), including their level of star formation, from their formation to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 C. L. Dobbs , J. E. Pringle

The origin and formation of globular clusters has remained a mystery. We present a formation scenario for ancient globular cluster-like objects that form in ultra-high resolution simulations (smallest cell size $<0.1\,\mathrm{pc}$, mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-09 Thales A. Gutcke
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