A model for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation physics: multi-epoch validation
@article{Torrey2013AMF, title={A model for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation physics: multi-epoch validation}, author={Paul Torrey and Mark Vogelsberger and Shy Genel and Debora Sijacki and Volker Springel and Lars Hernquist HarvardCfA and I University of Cambridge and Hits}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2013}, volume={438}, pages={1985-2004} }
We present a multi-epoch analysis of the galaxy populations formed within the cosmological hydrodynamical simulations presented in Vogelsberger et al. (2013). These simulations explore the performance of a recently implemented feedback model which includes primordial and metal line radiative cooling with self-shielding corrections; stellar evolution with associated mass loss and chemical enrichment; feedback by stellar winds; black hole seeding, growth and merging; and AGN quasar- and radio…
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