PDFchem: A new fast method to determine ISM properties and infer environmental parameters using probability distributions

TG Bisbas, EF van Dishoeck, CY Hu… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Determining the atomic and molecular content of the interstellar medium (ISM) is of
fundamental importance to understand the star-formation process. Although there exist …

Preparing for low surface brightness science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory: a comparison of observable and simulated intracluster light fractions

S Brough, SL Ahad, YM Bahé, A Ellien… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Intracluster light (ICL) provides an important record of the interactions galaxy clusters have
undergone. However, we are limited in our understanding by our measurement methods. To …

An Empirical Representation of a Physical Model for the ISM [C ii], CO, and [C i] Emission at Redshift 1≤ z≤ 9

S Yang, G Popping, RS Somerville… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Submillimeter emission lines produced by the interstellar medium (ISM) are strong tracers of
star formation and are some of the main targets of line intensity mapping (LIM) surveys. In …

The effects of magnetic fields and outflow feedback on the shape and evolution of the density probability distribution function in turbulent star-forming clouds

SM Appel, B Burkhart, VA Semenov… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a suite of 3D hydrodynamical simulations of star-forming molecular clouds, we
investigate how the density probability distribution function (PDF) changes when including …

Simulated [CII] emission in high-z star-forming galaxies

N Muñoz-Elgueta, FA Battaia, G Kauffmann… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Extended [CII] emission on tens of kiloparsecs, also known as a [CII] halo, is currently being
reported around z∼ 4− 6 star-forming galaxies, especially thanks to the statistics of the …

slick: Modeling a Universe of Molecular Line Luminosities in Hydrodynamical Simulations

K Garcia, D Narayanan, G Popping… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present slick (the Scalable Line Intensity Computation Kit), a software package that
calculates realistic CO,[C i], and [C ii] luminosities for clouds and galaxies formed in …

Characterizing the Conditional Galaxy Property Distribution Using Gaussian Mixture Models

Y Zhang, AR Pullen, RS Somerville… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Line-intensity mapping (LIM) is a promising technique to constrain the global distribution of
galaxy properties. To combine LIM experiments probing different tracers with traditional …

The TNG50-SKIRT Atlas: Post-processing methodology and first data release

M Baes, A Gebek, A Trčka, P Camps… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Galaxy morphology is a powerful diagnostic to assess the realism of cosmological
hydrodynamical simulations. Determining the morphology of simulated galaxies requires the …

Is the molecular KS relationship universal down to low metallicities?

DJ Whitworth, RJ Smith, R Tress, ST Kay… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, it has been speculated that in extreme low-metallicity galactic environments,
stars form in regions that lack H2. In this paper, we investigate how changing the metallicity …

Gauging the mass of metals in the gas phase of galaxies from the Local Universe to the Epoch of Reionization

KE Heintz, AE Shapley, RL Sanders, M Killi… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The chemical enrichment of dust and metals are vital processes in constraining the star
formation history of the universe. These are important ingredients in the formation and …