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author Wetzel, Andrew
Samuel, Jenna
Gandhi, Pratik J.
Ponnada, Sam B.
Su, Kung-Yi
Arora, Arpit
Angles-Alcazar, Daniel
Hayward, Christopher C.
Sanderson, Robyn E.
Feldmann, Robert
Cochrane, Rachel
Nikakhtar, Farnik
Panithanpaisal, Nondh
Benavides, Jose A.
Pandya, Viraj
Grudic, Mike
Hummels, Cameron
Gurvich, Alexander B.
Hafen, Zachary
Ma, Xiangcheng
Garrison-Kimmel, Shea
Sameie, Omid
Chan, T. K
El-Badry, Kareem
Necib, Lina
Loebman, Sarah
Wellons, Sarah
Robles, Victor H.
Wheeler, Coral
Moreno, Jorge
Stern, Jonathan
Boylan-Kolchin, Michael
Bullock, James S.
Faucher-Giguere, Claude-Andre
Keres, Dusan
Quataert, Eliot
Hopkins, Philip F.
author_facet Wetzel, Andrew
Samuel, Jenna
Gandhi, Pratik J.
Ponnada, Sam B.
Su, Kung-Yi
Arora, Arpit
Angles-Alcazar, Daniel
Hayward, Christopher C.
Sanderson, Robyn E.
Feldmann, Robert
Cochrane, Rachel
Nikakhtar, Farnik
Panithanpaisal, Nondh
Benavides, Jose A.
Pandya, Viraj
Grudic, Mike
Hummels, Cameron
Gurvich, Alexander B.
Hafen, Zachary
Ma, Xiangcheng
Garrison-Kimmel, Shea
Sameie, Omid
Chan, T. K
El-Badry, Kareem
Necib, Lina
Loebman, Sarah
Wellons, Sarah
Robles, Victor H.
Wheeler, Coral
Moreno, Jorge
Stern, Jonathan
Boylan-Kolchin, Michael
Bullock, James S.
Faucher-Giguere, Claude-Andre
Keres, Dusan
Quataert, Eliot
Hopkins, Philip F.
contents We describe the second data release (DR2) of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation, from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project, available at http://flathub.flatironinstitute.org/fire. DR2 includes all snapshots for most simulations, starting at z ~ 99, with all snapshot time spacings <~ 25 Myr. The Core suite -- comprising 14 Milky Way-mass galaxies, 5 SMC/LMC-mass galaxies, and 4 lower-mass galaxies -- includes 601 snapshots to z = 0. For the Core suite, we also release resimulations with physics variations: (1) dark-matter-only versions; (2) a modified ultraviolet background with later reionization at z = 7.8; (3) magnetohydrodynamics, anisotropic conduction, and viscosity in gas; and (4) a model for cosmic-ray injection, transport, and feedback (assuming a constant diffusion coefficient). The Massive Halo suite now includes 8 massive galaxies with 278 snapshots to z = 1. The High Redshift suite includes 34 simulations: in addition to the 22 simulations run to z = 5, we now include 12 additional simulations run to z = 7 and z = 9. We also release 4 dark-matter-only cosmological boxes used to generate zoom-in initial conditions for many FIRE simulations. Most simulations include catalogs of (sub)halos and galaxies at all available snapshots, and most Core simulations to z = 0 include full halo merger trees.
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spellingShingle Second public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation
Wetzel, Andrew
Samuel, Jenna
Gandhi, Pratik J.
Ponnada, Sam B.
Su, Kung-Yi
Arora, Arpit
Angles-Alcazar, Daniel
Hayward, Christopher C.
Sanderson, Robyn E.
Feldmann, Robert
Cochrane, Rachel
Nikakhtar, Farnik
Panithanpaisal, Nondh
Benavides, Jose A.
Pandya, Viraj
Grudic, Mike
Hummels, Cameron
Gurvich, Alexander B.
Hafen, Zachary
Ma, Xiangcheng
Garrison-Kimmel, Shea
Sameie, Omid
Chan, T. K
El-Badry, Kareem
Necib, Lina
Loebman, Sarah
Wellons, Sarah
Robles, Victor H.
Wheeler, Coral
Moreno, Jorge
Stern, Jonathan
Boylan-Kolchin, Michael
Bullock, James S.
Faucher-Giguere, Claude-Andre
Keres, Dusan
Quataert, Eliot
Hopkins, Philip F.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We describe the second data release (DR2) of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation, from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project, available at http://flathub.flatironinstitute.org/fire. DR2 includes all snapshots for most simulations, starting at z ~ 99, with all snapshot time spacings <~ 25 Myr. The Core suite -- comprising 14 Milky Way-mass galaxies, 5 SMC/LMC-mass galaxies, and 4 lower-mass galaxies -- includes 601 snapshots to z = 0. For the Core suite, we also release resimulations with physics variations: (1) dark-matter-only versions; (2) a modified ultraviolet background with later reionization at z = 7.8; (3) magnetohydrodynamics, anisotropic conduction, and viscosity in gas; and (4) a model for cosmic-ray injection, transport, and feedback (assuming a constant diffusion coefficient). The Massive Halo suite now includes 8 massive galaxies with 278 snapshots to z = 1. The High Redshift suite includes 34 simulations: in addition to the 22 simulations run to z = 5, we now include 12 additional simulations run to z = 7 and z = 9. We also release 4 dark-matter-only cosmological boxes used to generate zoom-in initial conditions for many FIRE simulations. Most simulations include catalogs of (sub)halos and galaxies at all available snapshots, and most Core simulations to z = 0 include full halo merger trees.
title Second public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06608