Hydrodynamical simulations of the galaxy population: enduring successes and outstanding challenges

RA Crain, F van de Voort - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
We review the progress in modeling the galaxy population in hydrodynamical simulations of
the ΛCDM cosmogony. State-of-the-art simulations now broadly reproduce the observed …

Introducing the TNG-Cluster simulation: Overview and the physical properties of the gaseous intracluster medium

D Nelson, A Pillepich, M Ayromlou, W Lee… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
We introduce the new TNG-Cluster project, an addition to the IllustrisTNG suite of
cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. Our objective is to …

The FLAMINGO project: cosmological hydrodynamical simulations for large-scale structure and galaxy cluster surveys

J Schaye, R Kugel, M Schaller, JC Helly… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We introduce the Virgo Consortium's FLAMINGO suite of hydrodynamical
simulations for cosmology and galaxy cluster physics. To ensure the simulations are …

The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters

R Pakmor, V Springel, JP Coles, T Guillet… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cosmological simulations are an important theoretical pillar for understanding non-linear
structure formation in our Universe and for relating it to observations on large scales. In …

First results from the TNG50 simulation: galactic outflows driven by supernovae and black hole feedback

D Nelson, A Pillepich, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present the new TNG50 cosmological, magnetohydrodynamical simulation–the third and
final volume of the IllustrisTNG project. This simulation occupies a unique combination of …

First results from the TNG50 simulation: the evolution of stellar and gaseous discs across cosmic time

A Pillepich, D Nelson, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a new cosmological, magnetohydrodynamical simulation for galaxy formation:
TNG50, the third and final instalment of the IllustrisTNG project. TNG50 evolves 2× 21603 …

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 …

Sizes and mass profiles of candidate massive galaxies discovered by JWST at 7< z< 9: evidence for very early formation of the central∼ 100 pc of present-day …

JFW Baggen, P van Dokkum, I Labbé… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The first JWST data revealed an unexpected population of red galaxies that appear to have
redshifts of z∼ 7–9 and high masses of M*≳ 10 10 M☉. Here we fit Sérsic profiles to the …

Public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation

A Wetzel, CC Hayward, RE Sanderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy
formation (available at http://flathub. flatironinstitute. org/fire) from the Feedback In Realistic …

An excess of small-scale gravitational lenses observed in galaxy clusters

M Meneghetti, G Davoli, P Bergamini, P Rosati… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Cold dark matter (CDM) constitutes most of the matter in the Universe. The interplay
between dark and luminous matter in dense cosmic environments, such as galaxy clusters …