The stellar mass–halo mass relation of isolated field dwarfs: a critical test of ΛCDM at the edge of galaxy formation

JI Read, G Iorio, O Agertz… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We fit the rotation curves of isolated dwarf galaxies to directly measure the stellar mass–halo
mass relation (M⋆–M 200) over the mass range 5× 105≲ M⋆/M⊙≲ 108. By accounting for …

EDGE: the mass–metallicity relation as a critical test of galaxy formation physics

O Agertz, A Pontzen, JI Read, MP Rey… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We introduce the 'Engineering Dwarfs at Galaxy Formation's Edge'(EDGE)
project to study the cosmological formation and evolution of the smallest galaxies in the …

NIHAO X: reconciling the local galaxy velocity function with cold dark matter via mock H i observations

AV Macciò, SM Udrescu, AA Dutton… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We used 87 high-resolution hydrodynamical cosmological simulations from the NIHAO suite
to investigate the relation between the maximum circular velocity () of a dark matter halo in a …

A new astrophysical solution to the Too Big To Fail problem-Insights from the moria simulations

R Verbeke, E Papastergis, AA Ponomareva… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Aims. We test whether or not realistic analysis techniques of advanced hydrodynamical
simulations can alleviate the Too Big To Fail problem (TBTF) for late-type galaxies. TBTF …

The Monte Carlo photoionization and moving-mesh radiation hydrodynamics code CMacIonize

B Vandenbroucke, K Wood - Astronomy and computing, 2018 - Elsevier
We present the public Monte Carlo photoionization and moving-mesh radiation
hydrodynamics code CMacIonize, which can be used to simulate the self-consistent …

A tale of two tails: insights from simulations into the formation of the peculiar dwarf galaxy NGC 1427A

M Mastropietro, S De Rijcke… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a scenario for the formation and the morphology of the arrow-shaped dwarf
irregular galaxy NGC 1427A in the Fornax Cluster. This galaxy shows intriguing stellar and …

Five gas-rich ultrafaint dwarf galaxy candidates discovered in wiyn imaging of alfalfa sources

W Janesh, KL Rhode, JJ Salzer… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from the analysis of WIYN pODI imaging of 23 ultracompact high-velocity
clouds (UCHVCs), which were identified in the ALFALFA H i survey as possible dwarf …

Exploring the Evolution of a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with Smoothed-particle Hydrodynamics Simulations. I. Stellar Feedback

R Hazenfratz, P Barai, GA Lanfranchi… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A fundamental question regarding the evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies is the
identification of the key physical mechanisms responsible for gas depletion. Here, we focus …

Identifying galaxy candidates in WSRT H i imaging of ultra-compact high velocity clouds

EAK Adams, TA Oosterloo, JM Cannon… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Ultra-compact high velocity clouds (UCHVCs) were identified in the Arecibo Legacy Fast
ALFA (ALFALFA) H i survey as potential gas-bearing dark matter halos. Here we present …

Exploring the evolution of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy with SPH simulations: I. Stellar feedback

R Hazenfratz, P Barai, GA Lanfranchi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
A fundamental question regarding the evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies is the
identification of the key physical mechanisms responsible for gas depletion. Here, we focus …