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金属如何输运进出星系盘:数值模拟中流体动力学方案的依赖性

How Metals Are Transported In And Out Of A Galactic Disk: Dependence On The Hydrodynamic Schemes In Numerical Simulations

Eun-jin Shin, Ji-hoon Kim, Boon Kiat Oh

摘要:

金属丰度是研究星系中重子物理的基本探针。由于金属与辐射冷却、恒星形成和反馈有着错综复杂的联系,通过数值实验再现观测到的金属分布将为检验我们对银河系重子物理的理解提供一种突出的方式。在这项研究中,我们分析了银河系的金属分布的数值方案的依赖性,并量化现代星系模拟代码(基于网格的代码恩佐和基于粒子的代码Gadget-2和Gizmo-PSPH)之间的金属混合的差异。特别是,我们研究了不同的恒星反馈强度和明确的金属扩散计划在基于粒子的代码,作为一种方式来减轻金属运输之间的网格为基础的和基于粒子的模拟众所周知的差异。我们证明,在气体晕中需要足够数量的气体粒子,以适当地调查其中的金属分布。包括一个明确的金属扩散计划不会显着影响金属分布在银盘,但改变了热扩散晕中的低金属气体的量。我们还发现,金属的空间分布强烈依赖于如何模拟恒星反馈。我们证明,以前报道的基于网格和基于粒子的模拟之间的金属差异可以减轻我们提出的处方,使这些模拟可靠地利用在研究金属的星系晕和环星系介质。

英文摘要:

Metallicity is a fundamental probe for understanding the baryon physics in a galaxy. Since metals are intricately associated with radiative cooling, star formation, and feedback, reproducing the observed metal distribution through numerical experiments will provide a prominent way to examine our understandings of galactic baryon physics. In this study, we analyze the dependence of the galactic metal distribution on the numerical schemes and quantify the differences in the metal mixing among modern galaxy simulation codes (the mesh-based code Enzo and the particle-based codes Gadget-2 and Gizmo-PSPH). In particular, we examine different stellar feedback strengths and an explicit metal diffusion scheme in particle-based codes, as a way to alleviate the well-known discrepancy in metal transport between mesh-based and particle-based simulations. We demonstrate that a sufficient number of gas particles are needed in the gas halo to properly investigate the metal distribution therein. Including an explicit metal diffusion scheme does not significantly affect the metal distribution in the galactic disk but does change the amount of low-metallicity gas in the hot-diffuse halo. We also find that the spatial distribution of metals depends strongly on how the stellar feedback is modeled. We demonstrate that the previously reported discrepancy in metals between mesh-based and particle-based simulations can be mitigated with our proposed prescription, enabling these simulations to be reliably utilized in the study of metals in galactic halos and the circumgalactic medium.

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