Shark: introducing an open source, free, and flexible semi-analytic model of galaxy formation

CP Lagos, RJ Tobar, ASG Robotham… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present a new, open source, free, semi-analytic model (SAM) of galaxy formation, Shark,
designed to be highly flexible and modular, allowing easy exploration of different physical …

Enrichment of the hot intracluster medium: numerical simulations

V Biffi, F Mernier, P Medvedev - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
The distribution of chemical elements in the hot intracluster medium (ICM) retains valuable
information about the enrichment and star formation histories of galaxy clusters, and on the …

Chemical enrichment of galaxy clusters from hydrodynamical simulations

L Tornatore, S Borgani, K Dolag… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We present cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy clusters aimed at studying
the process of metal enrichment of the intra-cluster medium (ICM). These simulations have …

Semi-analytic galaxies–I. Synthesis of environmental and star-forming regulation mechanisms

SA Cora, CA Vega-Martínez, T Hough… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present results from the semi-analytic model of galaxy formation sagapplied on the
MultiDark simulation MDPL2. sag features an updated supernova (SN) feedback scheme …

Simulations of ram-pressure stripping in galaxy-cluster interactions

D Steinhauser, S Schindler, V Springel - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. Observationally, the quenching of star-forming galaxies appears to depend both on
their mass and environment. The exact cause of the environmental dependence is still …

Effects of AGN feedback on ΛCDM galaxies

CP Lagos, SA Cora, ND Padilla - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We study the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback on the formation and evolution
of galaxies by using a combination of a cosmological N-body simulation of the concordance …

21-cm foregrounds and polarization leakage: cleaning and mitigation strategies

S Cunnington, MO Irfan, IP Carucci… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The success of H i intensity mapping is largely dependent on how well 21-cm foreground
contamination can be controlled. In order to progress our understanding further, we present …

A comprehensive model for the formation and evolution of the faintest Milky Way dwarf satellites

N Ahvazi, A Benson, LV Sales… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we modify the semi-analytic model galacticus in order to accurately reproduce
the observed properties of dwarf galaxies in the Milky Way. We find that reproducing …

On the impact of empirical and theoretical star formation laws on galaxy formation

CP Lagos, CG Lacey, CM Baugh… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the consequences of applying different star formation laws in the galaxy
formation model galform. Three broad star formation laws are implemented: the empirical …

The Three Hundred Project: Connection between star formation quenching and dynamical evolution in and around simulated galaxy clusters

T Hough, SA Cora, R Haggar… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In this work, we combine the semi-analytic model of galaxy formation and evolution sag with
the 102 relaxed simulated galaxy clusters from the three hundred project, and we study the …