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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Hou-Zun, Kang, Xi, Macciò, Andrea V., Buck, Tobias, Cen, Renyue
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13069
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author Chen, Hou-Zun
Kang, Xi
Macciò, Andrea V.
Buck, Tobias
Cen, Renyue
author_facet Chen, Hou-Zun
Kang, Xi
Macciò, Andrea V.
Buck, Tobias
Cen, Renyue
contents We utilize the public GIZMO code to simulate twelve disc galaxies from the NIHAO suite simulated with the GASOLINE code, then compare the corresponding galaxies in the two simulations. We find that while both codes with the same initial conditions and large-scale environments can successfully produce similar disc galaxies, significant differences are still seen in many properties of the galaxies, particularly in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) environment they reside. Specifically, the thermal feedback recipe used in GASOLINE results in ubiquitous long-lasting collimated outflows, primarily driven by high-density hot interstellar medium (ISM) from the galaxy center, and inflows of gas not aligned with the outflow cools rapidly and flows towards the galactic center. In contrast, galaxies from GIZMO code do not exhibit large-scale outflows at low redshifts, but instead display quasi-virialized hot gaseous halos that arise from the strong interaction between inflow of gas and feedback driven outflow. Therefore, the origins of mass and angular momentum of the cold disc in the two simulations are quite different, even though the final morphologies of corresponding galaxies are similar at $z\sim0$. The differences in the distribution of CGM gas are mainly due to different feedback models implemented in the two codes, thus future observations of CGM provide valuable insight into the physics governing the baryon cycle in disc galaxies.
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spellingShingle NIHAO-RiNG: A Comparison of Simulated Disc Galaxies from GASOLINE and GIZMO
Chen, Hou-Zun
Kang, Xi
Macciò, Andrea V.
Buck, Tobias
Cen, Renyue
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We utilize the public GIZMO code to simulate twelve disc galaxies from the NIHAO suite simulated with the GASOLINE code, then compare the corresponding galaxies in the two simulations. We find that while both codes with the same initial conditions and large-scale environments can successfully produce similar disc galaxies, significant differences are still seen in many properties of the galaxies, particularly in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) environment they reside. Specifically, the thermal feedback recipe used in GASOLINE results in ubiquitous long-lasting collimated outflows, primarily driven by high-density hot interstellar medium (ISM) from the galaxy center, and inflows of gas not aligned with the outflow cools rapidly and flows towards the galactic center. In contrast, galaxies from GIZMO code do not exhibit large-scale outflows at low redshifts, but instead display quasi-virialized hot gaseous halos that arise from the strong interaction between inflow of gas and feedback driven outflow. Therefore, the origins of mass and angular momentum of the cold disc in the two simulations are quite different, even though the final morphologies of corresponding galaxies are similar at $z\sim0$. The differences in the distribution of CGM gas are mainly due to different feedback models implemented in the two codes, thus future observations of CGM provide valuable insight into the physics governing the baryon cycle in disc galaxies.
title NIHAO-RiNG: A Comparison of Simulated Disc Galaxies from GASOLINE and GIZMO
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13069