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 …

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 …

PHANGS–ALMA: Arcsecond CO (2–1) Imaging of Nearby Star-forming Galaxies

AK Leroy, E Schinnerer, A Hughes… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present PHANGS–ALMA, the first survey to map CO J= 2→ 1 line emission at∼ 1''∼ 100
pc spatial resolution from a representative sample of 90 nearby (d≲ 20 Mpc) galaxies that lie …

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 …

Simulating galaxy formation with the IllustrisTNG model

A Pillepich, V Springel, D Nelson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We introduce an updated physical model to simulate the formation and evolution of galaxies
in cosmological, large-scale gravity+ magnetohydrodynamical simulations with the moving …

The EAGLE project: simulating the evolution and assembly of galaxies and their environments

J Schaye, RA Crain, RG Bower… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We introduce the Virgo Consortium's Evolution and Assembly of GaLaxies and their
Environments (EAGLE) project, a suite of hydrodynamical simulations that follow the …

Wet compaction to a blue nugget: a critical phase in galaxy evolution

S Lapiner, A Dekel, J Freundlich… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We utilize high-resolution cosmological simulations to reveal that high-redshift galaxies tend
to undergo a robust 'wet compaction'event when near a 'golden'stellar mass of. This is a …

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 …

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 …

Cosmology with cosmic shear observations: a review

M Kilbinger - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Cosmic shear is the distortion of images of distant galaxies due to weak gravitational lensing
by the large-scale structure in the Universe. Such images are coherently deformed by the …