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We present numerical simulations of a 15 solar mass star in a suite of idealised environments in order to quantify the amount of energy transmitted to the interstellar medium (ISM). We include models of stellar winds, UV photoionisation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Sam Geen , Joakim Rosdahl , Jeremy Blaizot , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz

In this work, we use the {\sc astraeus} (seminumerical rAdiative tranSfer coupling of galaxy formaTion and Reionization in N-body dArk mattEr simUlationS) framework which couples galaxy formation and reionization in the first billion years.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-26 Anne Hutter , Pratika Dayal , Laurent Legrand , Stefan Gottlöber , Gustavo Yepes

We have run a new suite of simulations that solve hydrodynamics and radiative transfer simultaneously to study helium II reionization. Our suite of simulations employs various models for populating quasars inside of dark matter halos, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Paul La Plante , Hy Trac , Rupert Croft , Renyue Cen

The first sources of ionizing radiation to condense out of the dark and neutral IGM sent ionization fronts sweeping outward through their surroundings, overtaking other condensed objects and photoevaporating them. This feedback of universal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul R. Shapiro , Alejandro C. Raga

Photoheating associated with reionization suppressed star formation in low-mass galaxies. Reionization was inhomogeneous, however, affecting different regions at different times. To establish the causal connection between reionization and…

We present a method to construct semi-numerical ``simulations'', which can efficiently generate realizations of halo distributions and ionization maps at high redshifts. Our procedure combines an excursion-set approach with first-order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrei Mesinger , Steven Furlanetto

We present the Technicolor Dawn simulations, a suite of cosmological radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the first 1.2 billion years. By modeling a spatially-inhomogeneous UVB on-the-fly with 24 frequencies and resolving dark matter halos…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Kristian Finlator , Laura Keating , Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Romeel Davé , Erik Zackrisson

We present the first results of one extremely high resolution, non-radiative magnetohydrodynamical cosmological zoom-in simulation of a massive cluster with a virial mass M$_\mathrm{vir} = 2.0 \times 10^{15}$ solar masses. We adopt a mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-09 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Klaus Dolag , Ludwig Böss , Tirso Marin-Gilabert

We examine the properties of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) at low redshift in a range of simulated Milky Way mass halos. The sample is comprised of seven idealized simulations, an adaptive mesh refinement cosmological zoom-in simulation,…

We present semi-analytic models of the epoch of reionization focusing on the differences between continuous and bursty star formation (SF). Our model utilizes physically motivated analytic fits to 1D radiative transfer simulations of HII…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Blake Hartley , Massimo Ricotti

A key physical quantity during reionization is the size of HII regions. Previous studies found a characteristic bubble size which increases rapidly during reionization, with apparent agreement between simulations and analytic excursion set…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-07 Yin Lin , S. Peng Oh , Steven R. Furlanetto , P. M. Sutter

This thesis investigates the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization (EoR), a key period in the early Universe when the first luminous sources formed and their radiation transformed the intergalactic medium (IGM) from neutral to ionized. Understanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-28 Arghyadeep Basu

The density and temperature properties of the intergalactic medium (IGM) reflect the heating and ionization history during cosmological structure formation, and are primarily probed by the Lyman-alpha forest of neutral hydrogen absorption…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Bruno Villasenor , Brant Robertson , Piero Madau , Evan Schneider

Observations of the epoch of reionization give us clues about the nature and evolution of the sources of ionizing photons, or early stars and galaxies. We present a new suite of structure formation and radiative transfer simulations from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Keri L. Dixon , Ilian T. Iliev , Garrelt Mellema , Kyungjin Ahn , Paul R. Shapiro

The process of heating and reionization of the Universe at high redshift links small scale structures/galaxy formation and large scale inter-galactic medium properties. Even if the first one is difficult to observe, an observation window is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-05 Nicolas J. F. Gillet , Dominique Aubert , Florent G. Mertens , Pierre Ocvirk

We present a study of intergalactic medium (IGM) transmission at $4.5 < z < 6.5$ using high-signal-to-noise JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of 143 galaxies at $5<z<7$ from the CAPERS and JADES surveys. By comparing the observed flux…

The distribution of chemical elements in the hot intracluster medium (ICM) retains valuable information about the enrichment and star formation histories of galaxy clusters, and on the feedback and dynamical processes driving the evolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 V. Biffi , F. Mernier , P. Medvedev

A fully three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) model is applied to simulate the evolution of the large-scale magnetic field in cluster galaxies interacting with the intra-cluster medium (ICM). As the model input we use a time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 K. Otmianowska-Mazur , B. Vollmer

The large cross-section of the Lyman alpha (Lya) line makes it a sensitive probe of the ionization state of the intergalactic medium (IGM). Here we present the most complete study to date of the IGM Lya opacity, and its application to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Andrei Mesinger , Aycin Aykutalp , Eros Vanzella , Laura Pentericci , Andrea Ferrara , Mark Dijkstra

We present a compelling case for a systematic and comprehensive study of the resolved and unresolved stellar populations, ISM, and immediate environments of galaxies throughout the local volume, defined here as D < 20 Mpc. This volume is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-15 Rolf A. Jansen , Paul Scowen , Matthew Beasley , John Gallagher , Robert O'Connell , Daniela Calzetti , Sally Oey , Rogier Windhorst , Robert Woodruff