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We examine the effects of SMBH feedback on the CGM using a cosmological hydrodynamic simulation \citep[{\sc Romulus25};][]{Tremmel2017} and a set of four zoom-in `genetically modified' Milky Way-mass galaxies sampling different evolutionary…

We consider a model of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) in which feedback maintains a constant ratio of cooling time to freefall time throughout the halo, so that the entire CGM is marginally unstable to multiphase condensation. This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-15 Manami Roy , Biman B. Nath , G. M. Voit

Galaxy groups host the majority of matter and more than half of all the galaxies in the Universe. Their hot ($10^7$ K), X-ray emitting intra-group medium (IGrM) reveals emission lines typical of many elements synthesized by stars and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-28 Fabio Gastaldello , Aurora Simionescu , Francois Mernier , Veronica Biffi , Massimo Gaspari , Kosuke Sato , Kyoko Matsushita

We examine the properties of the low-redshift circumgalactic medium (CGM) around star-forming and quenched galaxies in the Simba cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, focusing on comparing HI and metal line absorption to observations from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-07 Sarah Appleby , Romeel Davé , Daniele Sorini , Kate Storey-Fisher , Britton Smith

The bulk of cosmic matter resides in a dilute reservoir that fills the space between galaxies, the intergalactic medium (IGM). The history of this reservoir is intimately tied to the cosmic histories of structure formation, star formation,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Matthew McQuinn

We use synthetic sightlines drawn through snapshots of the Technicolor Dawn simulations to explore how the statistics of neutral oxygen OI absorbers respond to hydrogen reionization. The ionization state of the circumgalactic medium (CGM)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-26 Caitlin Doughty , Kristian Finlator

The abundance and distribution of metals in galaxy clusters contains valuable information about their chemical history and evolution. By looking at how metallicity evolves with redshift, it is possible to constrain the different metal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Francesca A. Pearce , Scott T. Kay , David J. Barnes , Yannick M. Bahe , Richard G. Bower

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) remains one of the least constrained components of galaxies and as such has significant potential for advancing galaxy formation theories. In this work, we vary the extragalactic ultraviolet background for a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 Lauren Corlies , David Schiminovich

I review the observational characteristics of intermediate-to-high redshift star forming galaxies, including their star formation rates, dust extinctions, ISM kinematics, and chemical compositions. I present evidence that the mean rate of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chip Kobulnicky

We present abundance measurements from 26 emission-line selected galaxies at z~0.6-0.7. By reaching stellar masses as low as 10^8 M_{\sun}, these observations provide the first measurement of the intermediate redshift mass-metallicity (MZ)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Alaina Henry , Crystal L. Martin , Kristian Finlator , Alan Dressler

We present a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the late stages of cosmic reionization, based on the complete JWST EIGER dataset. Using deep NIRCam $3.5\,\mathrm{\mu m}$…

Intergalactic space is filled with a pervasive medium of ionized gas, the Intergalactic Medium (IGM). A residual neutral fraction is detected in the spectra of Quasi-Stellar Objects at both low and high redshifts, revealing a highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Avery A. Meiksin

We analyze the z=2 Ly-alpha and CIV forest along two adjacent lines-of-sight at high S/N and spectral resolution to assess the question of the origin of metals in the intergalactic medium. We find that the gas containing detectable amounts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Lopez , S. D'odorico , S. L. Ellison , T. -S. Kim

The incidence of quasar absorption systems and the space density of their galaxies are proportional, the proportionality factor being the mean absorbing cross section. In this paper we use redshift parameterizations of these two statistics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-05 Sebastian Lopez , Jens-Kristian Krogager

We investigated the impact of supernova feedback in gas-rich dwarf galaxies experiencing a low-to-moderate star formation rate, typical of relatively quiescent phases between starbursts. We calculated the long term evolution of the ISM and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Melioli , F. Brighenti , A. D'Ercole

We study, through 2D hydrodynamical simulations, the feedback of a starburst on the ISM of typical gas rich dwarf galaxies. The main goal is to address the circulation of the ISM and metals following the starburst. We assume a single-phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. D'Ercole , F. Brighenti

We investigate the role of supernova (SN)-driven galactic winds in the chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium (ICM). Such outflows on galactic scales have their origin in huge star forming regions and expel metal enriched material…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Verena Baumgartner , Dieter Breitschwerdt

A model for the chemical evolution of the intergalactic medium (IGM) is presented using theoretical yields of very massive stars (VMSs) and Type II supernovae (SNe II). It is shown that if [Si/C] is indeed as high as ~0.7 in the IGM, then…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. -Z. Qian , G. J. Wasserburg

We present a Chandra analysis of the X-ray spectra of 56 clusters of galaxies at z>0.3, which cover a temperature range 3<kT<15 keV. Our analysis is aimed at measuring the iron abundance in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) out to the highest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Balestra , P. Tozzi , S. Ettori , P. Rosati , S. Borgani , V. Mainieri , C. Norman , M. Viola

We use a suite of hydrodynamics simulations of the interstellar medium (ISM) within a galactic disk, which include radiative transfer, a non-equilibrium model of molecular hydrogen, and a realistic model for star formation and feedback, to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-07 Ava Polzin , Andrey V. Kravtsov , Vadim A. Semenov , Nickolay Y. Gnedin