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 …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the galaxy colour bimodality

D Nelson, A Pillepich, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
We introduce the first two simulations of the IllustrisTNG project, a next generation of
cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations, focusing on the optical colours of …

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 MillenniumTNG project: the galaxy population at z ≥ 8

R Kannan, V Springel, L Hernquist… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The early release science results from JWST have yielded an unexpected abundance of
high-redshift luminous galaxies that seems to be in tension with current theories of galaxy …

The challenge of blending in large sky surveys

P Melchior, R Joseph, J Sanchez, N MacCrann… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The increasing sensitivity of modern sky surveys allow ever fainter emissions of light to be
detected, but it also increases the chances of noticeable overlap between multiple sources …

The optical morphologies of galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulation: a comparison to Pan-STARRS observations

V Rodriguez-Gomez, GF Snyder, JM Lotz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
We have generated synthetic images of∼ 27 000 galaxies from the IllustrisTNG and the
original Illustris hydrodynamic cosmological simulations, designed to match Pan-STARRS …

The merger rate of galaxies in the Illustris simulation: a comparison with observations and semi-empirical models

V Rodriguez-Gomez, S Genel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
We have constructed merger trees for galaxies in the Illustris simulation by directly tracking
the baryonic content of subhaloes. These merger trees are used to calculate the galaxy …

The illustris simulation: Public data release

D Nelson, A Pillepich, S Genel, M Vogelsberger… - Astronomy and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We present the full public release of all data from the Illustris simulation project. Illustris is a
suite of large volume, cosmological hydrodynamical simulations run with the moving-mesh …

The Illustris simulation: the evolving population of black holes across cosmic time

D Sijacki, M Vogelsberger, S Genel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
We study the properties of black holes and their host galaxies across cosmic time in the
Illustris simulation. Illustris is a large-scale cosmological hydrodynamical simulation which …

IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

C Bottrell, HM Yesuf, G Pop**… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural
asymmetry and offset from the star-forming main sequence, ΔSFMS. Herein, we use the …