Bursting with Feedback: The Relationship between Feedback Model and Bursty Star Formation Histories in Dwarf Galaxies

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Hauptverfasser: Azartash-Namin, Bianca, Engelhardt, Anna, Munshi, Ferah, Keller, B. W., Brooks, Alyson M., Van Nest, Jordan, Christensen, Charlotte R., Quinn, Tom, Wadsley, James
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author Azartash-Namin, Bianca
Engelhardt, Anna
Munshi, Ferah
Keller, B. W.
Brooks, Alyson M.
Van Nest, Jordan
Christensen, Charlotte R.
Quinn, Tom
Wadsley, James
author_facet Azartash-Namin, Bianca
Engelhardt, Anna
Munshi, Ferah
Keller, B. W.
Brooks, Alyson M.
Van Nest, Jordan
Christensen, Charlotte R.
Quinn, Tom
Wadsley, James
contents We use high-resolution cosmological simulations to compare the effect of bursty star formation histories on dwarf galaxy structure for two different subgrid supernovae (SNe) feedback models in dwarf galaxies with stellar masses from $5000 <$ M$_*$/M$_\odot$ $< 10^{9}$. Our simulations are run using two distinct supernova feedback models: superbubble and blastwave. We show that both models are capable of producing galaxies that are cored and reproduce observed scaling relations for metallicity, luminosity, mass, and size. We show that continuous bursty star formation and the resulting stellar feedback are able to sustain dark matter cores in the higher dwarf galaxy mass regime, while the majority of ultra-faint and classical dwarfs retain cuspy central dark matter density profiles. We find that both subgrid SN models are able to create bursty star formation histories. We find that effective core formation peaks at M$_*$/M$_\odot$ $\simeq 5 \times 10^{-3}$ for both feedback models. Galaxies simulated with superbubble feedback peak at lower mean burstiness values relative to blastwave feedback, indicating that core formation in the superbubble sample may be less motivated by the burstiness of star formation.
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spellingShingle Bursting with Feedback: The Relationship between Feedback Model and Bursty Star Formation Histories in Dwarf Galaxies
Azartash-Namin, Bianca
Engelhardt, Anna
Munshi, Ferah
Keller, B. W.
Brooks, Alyson M.
Van Nest, Jordan
Christensen, Charlotte R.
Quinn, Tom
Wadsley, James
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We use high-resolution cosmological simulations to compare the effect of bursty star formation histories on dwarf galaxy structure for two different subgrid supernovae (SNe) feedback models in dwarf galaxies with stellar masses from $5000 <$ M$_*$/M$_\odot$ $< 10^{9}$. Our simulations are run using two distinct supernova feedback models: superbubble and blastwave. We show that both models are capable of producing galaxies that are cored and reproduce observed scaling relations for metallicity, luminosity, mass, and size. We show that continuous bursty star formation and the resulting stellar feedback are able to sustain dark matter cores in the higher dwarf galaxy mass regime, while the majority of ultra-faint and classical dwarfs retain cuspy central dark matter density profiles. We find that both subgrid SN models are able to create bursty star formation histories. We find that effective core formation peaks at M$_*$/M$_\odot$ $\simeq 5 \times 10^{-3}$ for both feedback models. Galaxies simulated with superbubble feedback peak at lower mean burstiness values relative to blastwave feedback, indicating that core formation in the superbubble sample may be less motivated by the burstiness of star formation.
title Bursting with Feedback: The Relationship between Feedback Model and Bursty Star Formation Histories in Dwarf Galaxies
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06041