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 …

[HTML][HTML] Baryon cycles in the biggest galaxies

M Donahue, GM Voit - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The universe's biggest galaxies have both vast atmospheres and supermassive central
black holes. This article reviews how those two components of a large galaxy couple and …

Cosmic ray feedback in galaxies and galaxy clusters: A pedagogical introduction and a topical review of the acceleration, transport, observables, and dynamical …

M Ruszkowski, C Pfrommer - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2023 - Springer
Understanding the physical mechanisms that control galaxy formation is a fundamental
challenge in contemporary astrophysics. Recent advances in the field of astrophysical …

The circumgalactic medium

J Tumlinson, MS Peeples… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The gas surrounding galaxies outside their disks or interstellar medium and inside their virial
radii is known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM). In recent years this component of …

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 …

Figuring out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). I. Resolving simulated circumgalactic absorption at 2≤ z≤ 2.5

MS Peeples, L Corlies, J Tumlinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present simulations from the new" Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo"(FOGGIE)
project. In contrast to most extant simulations of galaxy formation, which concentrate …

The circumgalactic medium of Milky Way-like galaxies in the TNG50 simulation–I: halo gas properties and the role of SMBH feedback

R Ramesh, D Nelson, A Pillepich - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the physical properties of gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of 132 Milky
Way (MW)-like galaxies at z= 0 from the cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical simulation …

The COS-Halos Survey: Metallicities in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium∗

JX Prochaska, JK Werk, G Worseck… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze new far-ultraviolet spectra of 13 quasars from the~ z 0.2 COS-Halos survey
that cover the Hi Lyman limit of 14 circumgalactic medium (CGM) systems. These data …

Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Modeling the gas thermodynamics in BOSS CMASS galaxies from kinematic and thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements

S Amodeo, N Battaglia, E Schaan, S Ferraro, E Moser… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
The thermal and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects (tSZ, kSZ) probe the thermodynamic
properties of the circumgalactic and intracluster medium (CGM and ICM) of galaxies, groups …

Properties of the circumgalactic medium in cosmic ray-dominated galaxy haloes

S Ji, TK Chan, CB Hummels, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the impact of cosmic rays (CRs) on the circumgalactic medium (CGM) in
FIRE-2 simulations, for ultra-faint dwarf through Milky Way (MW)-mass haloes hosting star …