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 …

Coevolution (or not) of supermassive black holes and host galaxies

J Kormendy, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the stellar mass content of groups and clusters of galaxies

A Pillepich, D Nelson, L Hernquist… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The IllustrisTNG project is a new suite of cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations
of galaxy formation performed with the arepo code and updated models for feedback …

De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies

R Maiolino, F Mannucci - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2019 - Springer
The evolution of the content of heavy elements in galaxies, the relative chemical
abundances, their spatial distribution, and how these scale with various galactic properties …

Galaxies on FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments): stellar feedback explains cosmologically inefficient star formation

PF Hopkins, D Kereš, J Oñorbe… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a series of high-resolution cosmological simulations1 of galaxy formation to z=
0, spanning halo masses∼ 108–1013 M⊙, and stellar masses∼ 104–1011 M⊙. Our …

An atlas of color-selected quiescent galaxies at z> 3 in public JWST fields

F Valentino, G Brammer, KML Gould… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a systematic search for candidate quiescent galaxies in the distant
universe in 11 JWST fields with publicly available observations collected during the first 3 …

Full spectrum fitting with photometry in ppxf: stellar population versus dynamical masses, non-parametric star formation history and metallicity for 3200 LEGA-C galaxies at …

M Cappellari - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT I introduce some improvements to the ppxf method, which measures the stellar
and gas kinematics, star formation history (SFH) and chemical composition of galaxies. I …

Galactic star formation and accretion histories from matching galaxies to dark matter haloes

BP Moster, T Naab, SDM White - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present a new statistical method to determine the relationship between the stellar
masses of galaxies and the masses of their host dark matter haloes over the entire cosmic …

The ATLAS3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria

M Cappellari, E Emsellem, D Krajnović… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The ATLAS3D project is a multiwavelength survey combined with a theoretical modelling
effort. The observations span from the radio to the millimetre and optical, and provide …

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 …