Simulating galaxy formation with black hole driven thermal and kinetic feedback

R Weinberger, V Springel, L Hernquist… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The inefficiency of star formation in massive elliptical galaxies is widely believed to be
caused by the interactions of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with the surrounding gas …

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 …

The Romulus cosmological simulations: a physical approach to the formation, dynamics and accretion models of SMBHs

M Tremmel, M Karcher, F Governato… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present a novel implementation of supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation,
dynamics and accretion in the massively parallel tree+ SPH code, ChaNGa. This approach …

Gravitational torque-driven black hole growth and feedback in cosmological simulations

D Anglés-Alcázar, R Davé… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We investigate black hole–host galaxy scaling relations in cosmological simulations with a
self-consistent black hole growth and feedback model. Our sub-grid accretion model …

Phantom: A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics

DJ Price, J Wurster, TS Tricco, C Nixon… - Publications of the …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present Phantom, a fast, parallel, modular, and low-memory smoothed particle
hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code developed over the last decade for …

Feedback from active galactic nuclei: energy-versus momentum-driving

T Costa, D Sijacki, MG Haehnelt - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We employ hydrodynamical simulations using the moving-mesh code arepo to investigate
the role of energy and momentum input from active galactic nuclei (AGN) in driving large …

The main sequence of star-forming galaxies–I. The local relation and its bending

P Popesso, A Concas, L Morselli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
By using a set of different star formation rate (SFR) indicators, including Wide-field Infrared
Survey Explorer (WISE) mid-infrared and H α emission, we study the slope of the main …

Dynamical friction modelling of massive black holes in cosmological simulations and effects on merger rate predictions

N Chen, Y Ni, M Tremmel, T Di Matteo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this work, we establish and test methods for implementing dynamical friction (DF) for
massive black hole pairs that form in large volume cosmological hydrodynamical …

Off the beaten path: a new approach to realistically model the orbital decay of supermassive black holes in galaxy formation simulations

M Tremmel, F Governato, M Volonteri… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We introduce a sub-grid force correction term to better model the dynamical friction
experienced by a supermassive black hole (SMBH) as it orbits within its host galaxy. This …

The impact of feedback on cosmological gas accretion

D Nelson, S Genel, M Vogelsberger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We investigate how the way galaxies acquire their gas across cosmic time in cosmological
hydrodynamic simulations is modified by a comprehensive physical model for baryonic …