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The formation of galaxy clusters in hierarchically clustering universes is investigated by means of high resolution N-body simulations. The simulations are performed using a newly developed multi-mass scheme which combines a PM code with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Huss , B. Jain , M. Steinmetz

We simulate the formation and evolution of the local galaxy population starting from initial conditions with a smoothed linear density field which matches that derived from the IRAS 1.2 Jy galaxy survey. Our simulations track the formation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Mathis , G. Lemson , V. Springel , G. Kauffmann , S. D. M. White , A. Eldar , A. Dekel

We construct the Numerical Galaxy Catalog ($\nu$GC), based on a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation combined with high-resolution N-body simulations in a $\Lambda$-dominated flat cold dark matter ($\Lambda$CDM) cosmological model. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masahiro Nagashima , Hideki Yahagi , Motohiro Enoki , Yuzuru Yoshii , Naoteru Gouda

We propose a model of allocating galaxies in cosmological N-body simulations. we identify each subhalo with a galaxy, and assign luminosity and morphological type assuming that the galaxy luminosity is a monotonic function of its host…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Juhan Kim , Changbom Park , Yun-Young Choi

In hierarchical cosmologies the evolution of galaxy clustering depends both on cosmological quantities such as Omega and Lambda, which determine how dark matter halos form and evolve, and on the physical processes - cooling, star formation…

Based on the earlier work of Gunn and McCrea we model the formation of globular clusters in merging galaxies. Neutral hydrogen observations of dwarf irregular galaxies as well as more luminous systems are used to provide the key parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 F. D. A. Hartwick

The current status of numerical simulations of galaxy formation is reviewed. After a short description of the main numerical simulation techniques, three sample applications illustrate how numerical simulations have provided deeper insight…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthias Steinmetz

We used fully cosmological, high resolution N-body + SPH simulations to follow the formation of disk galaxies with a rotational velocity between 140 and 280 Km/sec in a Lambda CDM universe. The simulations include gas cooling, star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fabio Governato , Beth Willman , Lucio Mayer

Cosmological LambdaCDM TreeSPH simulations of the formation and evolution of galaxy groups and clusters have been performed. The simulations include: star formation, chemical evolution with non-instantaneous recycling, metal dependent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alessio D. Romeo , J. Sommer-Larsen , L. Portinari

Models of galaxy formation ultimately aim at reproducing the _observed_ properties of galaxies. We report on work in progress to predict luminosities, colours and morphologies of field objects of various masses through N-body + Smoothed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Gelato , Fabio Governato

We perform numerical simulations for the formation of the Galactic stellar halo, based on the currently favored cold dark matter (CDM) theory of galaxy formation. Our numerical models, taking into account both dynamical and chemical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kenji Bekki , Masashi Chiba

A companion paper presents a worked model for evolution through inflation to initial conditions for an isocurvature model for structure formation. It is shown here that the model is consistent with the available observational constraints…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. J. E. Peebles

The old dream of integrating into one the study of micro and macrocosmos is now a reality. Cosmology, astrophysics, and particle physics intersect in a scenario (but still not a theory) of cosmic structure formation and evolution called…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 V. Avila-Reese

An overview over the current status of modeling galaxies by means of numerical simulations is given. After a short description of how galaxies form in hierarchically clustering scenarios, success and failures of current simulations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Steinmetz

A review of gravitational and hydrodynamical processes during formation of clusters and evolution of galaxies is given. Early, at the advent of N-body computer simulations, the importance of tidal fields in galaxy encounters has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jan Palous

We present an end-to-end description of the formation process of globular clusters (GCs) which combines a treatment for their formation and dynamical evolution within galaxy haloes with a state-of-the-art semi-analytic simulation of galaxy…

We review theoretical approaches to the study of galaxy formation, with emphasis on the role of hydrodynamic simulations in modeling the high redshift galaxy population. We present new predictions for the abundance of star-forming galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David H. Weinberg , Romeel Dave' , Jeffrey P. Gardner , Lars Hernquist , Neal Katz

In order to understand the formation process of elliptical galaxies which are not rotationally supported, we have carried out numerical simulations of the galaxy formation from the density perturbation with a rotation corresponding to a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Daisuke Kawata

We use direct N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of star clusters with large size-scales with the particular goal of understanding the so-called extended clusters observed in various Local Group galaxies, including M31 and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Jarrod R. Hurley , A. Dougal Mackey

We simulate the growth of large-scale structure in the universe using a N-body code. By combining these simulations with a Monte-Carlo method, we generate galaxy distributions at present that reproduces the observed morphology-density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Hugo Martel , Premana Premadi , Richard Matzner