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具有宇宙学初始条件的合并中的恒星形成

Star formation in mergers with cosmologically motivated initial conditions

Wouter Karman, Andrea V. Maccio, Rahul Kannan, Benjamin P. Moster, Rachel S. Somerville

摘要:

我们使用半解析模型和宇宙学合并树来提供多合并数值流体动力学模拟的初始条件,并利用这些模拟来探索星系相互作用和合并对恒星形成(SF)的影响。我们计算从z=1.5到z=0的12棵合并树的数值实现。根据最近的观测和星系形成模型的预测,我们包括了所有星系周围的大热气晕的影响。我们发现,包括热气晕有一些重要的影响。首先,正如预期的那样,由于热晕的冷却和冷气体库的补充,长时间尺度上的恒星形成率增加。其次,我们发现,从长远来看,相互作用并不总是增加SF。这部分是由于轨道星系将引力能量转移到热气体晕并提高其温度。最后,我们发现,相对大小的星暴,包括热晕,是远远小于以前的研究表明。我们的模拟还表明,相互作用的顺序和时间对星系的演化很重要。当多个星系同时相互作用时,SF增强小于星系串联相互作用时。所有这些效应都表明了在星系演化模型中包括热气体和宇宙学动机的合并树的重要性。

英文摘要:

We use semi-analytic models and cosmological merger trees to provide the initial conditions for multi-merger numerical hydrodynamic simulations, and exploit these simulations to explore the effect of galaxy interaction and merging on star formation (SF). We compute numerical realisations of twelve merger trees from z=1.5 to z=0. We include the effects of the large hot gaseous halo around all galaxies, following recent obervations and predictions of galaxy formation models. We find that including the hot gaseous halo has a number of important effects. Firstly, as expected, the star formation rate on long timescales is increased due to cooling of the hot halo and refuelling of the cold gas reservoir. Secondly, we find that interactions do not always increase the SF in the long term. This is partially due to the orbiting galaxies transferring gravitational energy to the hot gaseous haloes and raising their temperature. Finally we find that the relative size of the starburst, when including the hot halo, is much smaller than previous studies showed. Our simulations also show that the order and timing of interactions are important for the evolution of a galaxy. When multiple galaxies interact at the same time, the SF enhancement is less than when galaxies interact in series. All these effects show the importance of including hot gas and cosmologically motivated merger trees in galaxy evolution models.

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