Public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation

A Wetzel, CC Hayward, RE Sanderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy
formation (available at http://flathub. flatironinstitute. org/fire) from the Feedback In Realistic …

What causes the formation of discs and end of bursty star formation?

PF Hopkins, AB Gurvich, X Shen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
As they grow, galaxies can transition from irregular/spheroidal with 'bursty'star formation
histories (SFHs), to discy with smooth SFHs. But even in simulations, the direct physical …

FIREbox: simulating galaxies at high dynamic range in a cosmological volume

R Feldmann, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We introduce a suite of cosmological volume simulations to study the evolution of galaxies
as part of the Feedback in Realistic Environments project. FIREbox, the principal simulation …

Early galaxies and early dark energy: a unified solution to the hubble tension and puzzles of massive bright galaxies revealed by JWST

X Shen, M Vogelsberger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT JWST has revealed a large population of UV-bright galaxies at and possibly
overly massive galaxies at, challenging standard galaxy formation models in the ΛCDM …

Exploring supermassive black hole physics and galaxy quenching across halo mass in FIRE cosmological zoom simulations

S Wellons, CA Faucher-Giguère… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is thought to be a primary
driver of quenching in massive galaxies, but how to best implement SMBH physics into …

The impact of AGN-driven winds on physical and observable galaxy sizes

RK Cochrane, D Anglés-Alcázar… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Without active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback, simulated massive, star-forming galaxies
become too compact relative to observed galaxies at z≲ 2. In this paper, we perform high …

Starbursts in low-mass haloes at Cosmic Dawn. I. The critical halo mass for star formation

O Nebrin, SK Giri, G Mellema - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The first stars, galaxies, star clusters, and direct-collapse black holes are expected to have
formed in low-mass (∼ 105–109 M⊙) haloes at Cosmic Dawn (z∼ 10–30) under conditions …

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: the radio view of the cosmic star formation history

RK Cochrane, R Kondapally, PN Best… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed study of the cosmic star formation history over 90 per cent of cosmic
time (0≲ z≲ 4), using deep, radio continuum observations that probe star formation activity …

The Observable Properties of Galaxy Accretion Events in Milky Way–like Galaxies in the FIRE-2 Cosmological Simulations

D Horta, EC Cunningham, RE Sanderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In the Λ-Cold Dark Matter model of the universe, galaxies form in part through
accreting satellite systems. Previous works have built an understanding of the signatures of …

Disappearing galaxies: the orientation dependence of JWST-bright, HST-dark, star-forming galaxy selection

RK Cochrane, D Anglés-Alcázar, F Cullen… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Galaxies that are invisible in deep optical–near-infrared imaging but detected at longer
wavelengths have been the focus of several recent observational studies, with speculation …