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 …

The connection between galaxies and their dark matter halos

RH Wechsler, JL Tinker - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
In our modern understanding of galaxy formation, every galaxy forms within a dark matter
halo. The formation and growth of galaxies over time is connected to the growth of the halos …

UniverseMachine: The correlation between galaxy growth and dark matter halo assembly from z = 0−10

P Behroozi, RH Wechsler, AP Hearin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present a method to flexibly and self-consistently determine individual galaxies' star
formation rates (SFRs) from their host haloes' potential well depths, assembly histories, and …

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with∼ 4,000,000 Galaxies at z∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and …

Y Harikane, Y Ono, M Ouchi, C Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new measurements of rest-UV luminosity functions and angular correlation
functions from 4,100,221 galaxies at z∼ 2–7 identified in the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: matter and galaxy clustering

V Springel, R Pakmor, A Pillepich… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation have now reached sufficient volume to
make precision predictions for clustering on cosmologically relevant scales. Here, we use …

3D-HST+ CANDELS: the evolution of the galaxy size–mass distribution since z= 3

A van der Wel, M Franx, PG Van Dokkum… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Spectroscopic+ photometric redshifts, stellar mass estimates, and rest-frame colors from the
3D-HST survey are combined with structural parameter measurements from CANDELS …

The average star formation histories of galaxies in dark matter halos from z= 0–8

PS Behroozi, RH Wechsler… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a robust method to constrain average galaxy star formation rates (SFRs), star
formation histories (SFHs), and the intracluster light (ICL) as a function of halo mass. Our …

Physical models of galaxy formation in a cosmological framework

RS Somerville, R Davé - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Modeling galaxy formation in a cosmological context presents one of the greatest
challenges in astrophysics today due to the vast range of scales and numerous physical …

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 …

3D-HST: a wide-field grism spectroscopic survey with the Hubble Space Telescope

GB Brammer, PG Van Dokkum, M Franx… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present 3D-HST, a near-infrared spectroscopic Treasury program with the Hubble Space
Telescope for studying the physical processes that shape galaxies in the distant universe …