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 …

Impact of supermassive black hole growth on star formation

CM Harrison - Nature Astronomy, 2017 - nature.com
Supermassive black holes are found at the centres of massive galaxies. During the growth of
these black holes they light up to become visible as active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and …

The Auriga Project: the properties and formation mechanisms of disc galaxies across cosmic time

RJJ Grand, FA Gómez, F Marinacci… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We introduce a suite of 30 cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical zoom simulations of the
formation of galaxies in isolated Milky Way mass dark haloes. These were carried out with …

Supermassive black holes and their feedback effects in the IllustrisTNG simulation

R Weinberger, V Springel, R Pakmor… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We study the population of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their effects on massive
central galaxies in the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy …

Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time

Y Dubois, R Beckmann, F Bournaud, H Choi… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Hydrodynamical cosmological simulations are increasing their level of realism by
considering more physical processes and having greater resolution or larger statistics …

The cosmic baryon cycle and galaxy mass assembly in the FIRE simulations

D Anglés-Alcázar, CA Faucher-Giguère… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We use cosmological simulations from the FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments)
project to study the baryon cycle and galaxy mass assembly for central galaxies in the halo …

The Horizon-AGN simulation: morphological diversity of galaxies promoted by AGN feedback

Y Dubois, S Peirani, C Pichon… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The interplay between cosmic gas accretion on to galaxies and galaxy mergers drives the
observed morphological diversity of galaxies. By comparing the state-of-the-art …

The stellar mass assembly of galaxies in the Illustris simulation: growth by mergers and the spatial distribution of accreted stars

V Rodriguez-Gomez, A Pillepich… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We use the Illustris simulation to study the relative contributions of in situ star formation and
stellar accretion to the build-up of galaxies over an unprecedentedly wide range of masses …

The size evolution of star-forming and quenched galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulation

S Genel, D Nelson, A Pillepich… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We analyse scaling relations and evolution histories of galaxy sizes in TNG100, part of the
IllustrisTNG simulation suite. Observational qualitative trends of size with stellar mass, star …

FIREbox: simulating galaxies at high dynamic range in a cosmological volume

R Feldmann, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We introduce a suite of cosmological volume simulations to study the evolution of galaxies
as part of the Feedback in Realistic Environments project. FIREbox, the principal simulation …