Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation

M Vogelsberger, F Marinacci, P Torrey… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Over recent decades, cosmological simulations of galaxy formation have been instrumental
in advancing our understanding of structure and galaxy formation in the Universe. These …

Theoretical challenges in galaxy formation

T Naab, JP Ostriker - Annual review of astronomy and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Numerical simulations have become a major tool for understanding galaxy formation and
evolution. Over the decades the field has made significant progress. It is now possible to …

Improving the full spectrum fitting method: accurate convolution with Gauss–Hermite functions

M Cappellari - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
I start by providing an updated summary of the penalized pixel-fitting (ppxf) method that is
used to extract the stellar and gas kinematics, as well as the stellar population of galaxies …

The cosmic baryon cycle and galaxy mass assembly in the FIRE simulations

D Anglés-Alcázar, CA Faucher-Giguère… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We use cosmological simulations from the FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments)
project to study the baryon cycle and galaxy mass assembly for central galaxies in the halo …

Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time

Y Dubois, R Beckmann, F Bournaud, H Choi… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Hydrodynamical cosmological simulations are increasing their level of realism by
considering more physical processes and having greater resolution or larger statistics …

Structure and kinematics of early-type galaxies from integral field spectroscopy

M Cappellari - Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Observations of galaxy isophotes, long-slit kinematics, and high-resolution photometry
suggested a possible dichotomy between two distinct classes of elliptical galaxies. But these …

Dynamical properties of z ∼4.5 dusty star-forming galaxies and their connection with local early-type galaxies

F Rizzo, S Vegetti, F Fraternali… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
There is a large consensus that gas in high-z galaxies is highly turbulent, because of a
combination of stellar feedback processes and gravitational instabilities driven by mergers …

The ATLAS3D Project – XXX. Star formation histories and stellar population scaling relations of early-type galaxies

RM McDermid, K Alatalo, L Blitz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present the stellar population content of early-type galaxies from the ATLAS3D survey.
Using spectra integrated within apertures covering up to one effective radius, we apply two …

Morphology and star formation in IllustrisTNG: the build-up of spheroids and discs

S Tacchella, B Diemer, L Hernquist… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Using the IllustrisTNG simulations, we investigate the connection between galaxy
morphology and star formation in central galaxies with stellar masses in the range 109 …

Very high redshift quasars and the rapid emergence of supermassive black holes

P Kroupa, L Subr, T Jerabkova… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The observation of quasars at very high redshift such as Pōniuā'ena is a challenge for
models of supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation. This work presents a study of SMBH …