Feedback from supernovae (SNe) is an essential mechanism that self-regulates the growth of galaxies, and a better model of SN feedback is still needed in galaxy formation simulations. In the first part of this paper, using an Eulerian hydrodynamic code Athena++, we find universal scaling relations for the time evolution of momentum and radius for a superbubble, when the momentum and time are scaled by those at the shell-formation time. In the second part of this paper, we develop an SN feedback model based on the Athena++ simulation results utilizing Voronoi tessellation around each star particle, and implement it into the GADGET3-Osaka smoothed particle hydrodynamic code. Our feedback model was demonstrated to be isotropic and conservative in terms of energy and momentum. We examined the mass/energy/metal loading factors and find that our stochastic thermal feedback model produced galactic outflow that carries metals high above the galactic plane but with weak suppression of star formation. Additional mechanical feedback further suppressed star formation and brought the simulation results in better agreement with the observations of the Kennicutt--Schmidt relation, with all the results being within the uncertainties of observed data. We argue that both thermal and mechanical feedback are necessary for the SN feedback model of galaxy evolution when an individual SN bubble is unresolved.
We study various implementations of supernova feedback model and present the results of our `Osaka feedback model' using isolated galaxy simulations performed by the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code {\small GADGET-3}. Our model is a modified version of Stinson et al.'s work, and we newly add the momentum kick for SN feedback rather than only thermal feedback. We incorporate the physical properties of SN remnants from the results of Chevalier and McKee \& Ostriker, such as the effective radius of SN bubble and the remnant life-time, in the form of Sedov-Taylor (ST)-like solutions with…
The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS(Kavli宇宙起源研究核心理论中心(WPI),UTIAS);The University of Osaka(大阪大学);University of Nevada, Las Vegas(内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校);Nevada Center for Astrophysics(内华达天体物理中心);Institute for Advanced Study in Physics, Hangzhou(杭州高等研究院)
CROCODILE-DWARF: Assembly and Kinematics of Field Dwarf Galaxies with GADGET4-OSAKA
The University of Osaka(大阪大学);Zhejiang University(浙江大学);Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo(东京大学);University of Nevada, Las Vegas(内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校)
Feedback from supernovae is often invoked as an important process in limiting star formation, removing gas from galaxies and hence as a determining process in galaxy formation. Here we report on numerical simulations investigating the interaction between supernova explosions and the natal molecular cloud. We also consider the cases with and without previous feedback from the high-mass star in the form of ionising radiation and stellar winds. The supernova is able to find weak points in the cloud and create channels through which it can escape, leaving much of the well shielded cloud largely un…
Feedback in Clouds II: UV Photoionisation and the first supernova in a massive cloud
分子云的结构受到恒星反馈的各种形式的调节。两个最重要的反馈过程是紫外光电离和来自大质量恒星的超新星。然而,云对这些过程的精确响应以及它们之间的相互作用仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。特别是,我们希望知道在什么条件下云可以被反馈分散,这反过来又可以给我们关于反馈如何调节云内恒星形成的提示。我们进行了一套辐射磁流体动力学模拟的10^5太阳质量云与嵌入源的电离辐射和超新星,包括多个超新星和超超新星模型。一个相当于星云质量10%的紫外线源需要驱散星云,这表明恒星形成效率应该在10%左右。单个超新星无法显着影响云的演变。然而,高能超新星和多颗超新星能够为云增加大量的动量,每10^{51}尔格的超新星能量大约有10^{43} g cm/s的动量。这是在其他工作中估计的较低范围内,因为仍然嵌入HII区域内的致密气体团导致超新星爆炸中的快速冷却。我们认为,超新星本身是无法调节恒星形成的分子云,并认为强大的前超新星反馈是必要的,让超新星爆炸波有效地传播到星际介质
We present a novel set of stellar feedback models, implemented in the moving-mesh code Arepo, designed for galaxy formation simulations with near-parsec (or better) resolution. These include explicit sampling of stars from the IMF, allowing feedback to be linked to individual massive stars, an improved method for the modelling of H II regions, photoelectric heating from a spatially varying FUV field and supernova feedback. We perform a suite of 32 simulations of isolated $M_\mathrm{vir} = 10^{10}\,\mathrm{M_\odot}$ galaxies with a baryonic mass resolution of $20\,\mathrm{M_\odot}$ in order to …
We explore the interplay between supernovae and the ionizing radiation of their progenitors in star forming regions. The relative contributions of these stellar feedback processes are not well understood, particularly on scales greater than a single star forming cloud. We focus predominantly on how they affect the interstellar medium. We re-simulate a 500 pc^2 region from previous work that included photoionization and add supernovae. Over the course of 10 Myr more than 500 supernovae occur in the region. The supernovae remnants cool very quickly in the absence of earlier photoionization, but …
Integral field units enable resolved studies of a large number of star-forming regions across entire nearby galaxies, providing insight on the conversion of gas into stars and the feedback from the emerging stellar populations over unprecedented dynamic ranges in terms of spatial scale, star-forming region properties, and environments. We use the VLT/MUSE legacy data set covering the central $35$ arcmin$^{2}$ (${\sim}12$ kpc$^{2}$) of the nearby galaxy NGC 300 to quantify the effect of stellar feedback as a function of the local galactic environment. We extract spectra from emission line regio…
Supernova (SN) explosions are a major feedback mechanism regulating star formation in galaxies through their momentum input. We review the observations of SNRs in radiative stages in the Milky Way to validate the theoretical results on the momentum/energy injection from a single SN explosion. For seven SNRs where we can observe fast-expanding, atomic radiative shells, we show that the shell momentum inferred from HI 21 cm line observations is in the range of (0.5--4.5)$\times 10^5$ $M_\odot$ km s$^{-1}$. In two SNRs (W44 and IC 443), shocked molecular gas with momentum comparable to that of th…
We have recently improved our model of active galactic nucleus (AGN) by attaching the supermassive black hole (SMBH) to a massive nuclear star cluster (NSC). Here we study the effects of this new model in massive, gas-rich galaxies with several simulations of different feedback recipes with the hydrodynamics code RAMSES. These simulations are compared to a reference simulation without any feedback, in which the cooling halo gas is quickly consumed in a burst of star formation. In the presence of strong supernovae (SN) feedback, we observe the formation of a galactic fountain that regulates sta…
A recent comparison by Merritt et al. 2020 of simulated and observed Milky Way-mass galaxies has identified a significant tension between the outskirts ($r>20\kpc$) of the stellar halos in simulated and observed galaxies. Using observations from the Dragonfly telescope and simulated galaxies from the Illustris-TNG100 project, Merritt et al. 2020 finds that the outskirts of stellar halos in simulated galaxies have surface densities $1-2$ dex higher than observed galaxies. In this paper, we compare two suites of 15 simulated Milky Way-like galaxies, each drawn from the same initial conditions, s…
A suite of idealised, global, gravitationally unstable, star-forming galactic disc simulations with 2 pc spatial resolution, performed with the adaptive mesh refinement code {\sc ramses} is used in this paper to predict the emergent effects of supernova feedback. The simulations include a simplified prescriptions for formation of single stellar populations of mass $\sim 100 \, M_{\odot}$, radiative cooling, photoelectric heating, an external gravitational potential for a dark matter halo and an old stellar disc, self-gravity, and a novel implementation of supernova feedback. The results of the…
We address a simple model where the Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) relation between the macroscopic densities of star-formation rate (SFR, $ρ_{\rm sfr}$) and gas ($n$) in galactic discs emerges from self-regulation of the SFR via supernova feedback. It arises from the physics of supernova bubbles, insensitive to the microscopic SFR recipe and not explicitly dependent on gravity. The key is that the filling factor of SFR-suppressed supernova bubbles self-regulates to a constant, $f\sim 0.5$. Expressing the bubble fading radius and time in terms of $n$, the filling factor is $f \propto S\,n^{-s}$ with $…
While feedback from massive stars exploding as supernovae (SNe) is thought to be one of the key ingredients regulating galaxy formation, theoretically it is still unclear how the available energy couples to the interstellar medium and how galactic scale outflows are launched. We present a novel implementation of six sub-grid SN feedback schemes in the moving-mesh code Arepo, including injections of thermal and/or kinetic energy, two parametrizations of delayed cooling feedback and a `mechanical' feedback scheme that injects the correct amount of momentum depending on the relevant scale of the …
We compare an analytic model for the evolution of supernova-driven superbubbles with observations of local and high-redshift galaxies, and the properties of intact HI shells in local star-forming galaxies. Our model correctly predicts the presence of superwinds in local star-forming galaxies (e.g., NGC 253) and the ubiquity of outflows near $z \sim 2$. We find that high-redshift galaxies may `capture' 20-50\% of their feedback momentum in the dense ISM (with the remainder escaping into the nearby CGM), whereas local galaxies may contain $\lesssim$10\% of their feedback momentum from the centra…
We have used the NIHAO simulations to explore how supernovae (SNe) affect star formation in galaxies. We find that SN feedback operates on all scales from the interstellar medium (ISM) to several virial radii. SNe regulate star formation by preventing condensation of HI into H$_2$ and by moving cold neutral gas to the hot HII phase. The first effect explains why the cold neutral gas in dwarf galaxies forms stars inefficiently. The second maintains the hot ISM of massive galaxies (HII vents out at lower masses). At $v_{\rm vir}\simeq 67{\rm\,km\,s}^{-1}$, the outflow rate follows the relation: …
In preparation for the IGM tomography study by Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) survey and other large future telescopes such as TMT/ELT/GMT, we present the results of our pilot study on Ly$α$ forest and IGM tomography statistics using the GADGET3-OSAKA cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamical simulation. Our simulation includes models for star formation and supernova feedback, which enables more realistic cross-correlation studies between galaxies, neutral hydrogen (HI) and metals in circumgalactic and intergalactic medium. We create a light-cone data set at $z=2-3$ from our simulat…
Using high-resolution simulations from the FIRE-2 (Feedback In Realistic Environments) project, we study the effects of discreteness in stellar feedback processes on the evolution of galaxies and the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM). We specifically consider the discretization of supernovae (SNe), including hypernovae (HNe), and sampling the initial mass function (IMF). We study these processes in cosmological simulations of dwarf galaxies with $z=0$ stellar masses $M_{\ast}\sim 10^{4}-3\times10^{6}\,M_\odot$ (halo masses $\sim 10^{9}-10^{10}\,M_\odot$). We show that the discrete na…
Using a 1D Lagrangian code specifically designed to assess the impact of multiple, time-resolved supernovae (SNe) from a single star cluster on the surrounding medium, we test three commonly used feedback recipes: delayed cooling (e.g., used in the GASOLINE-2 code), momentum-energy injection (a resolution-dependent transition between momentum-dominated feedback and energy-dominated feedback used, e.g., in the FIRE-2 code), and simultaneous energy injection (e.g., used in the EAGLE simulations). Our work provides an intermediary test for these recipes: we analyse a setting that is more complex …
While the evolution of superbubbles driven by clustered supernovae has been studied by numerous authors, the resulting radial momentum yield is uncertain by as much as an order of magnitude depending on the computational methods and assumed properties of the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we study the origin of these discrepancies, and seek to determine the correct momentum budget for a homogeneous ISM. We carry out 3D hydrodynamic (HD) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of clustered supernova explosions, using a Lagrangian method and checking for convergence with …
Supernova (SN) feedback plays a crucial role in simulations of galaxy formation. Because blastwaves from individual SNe occur on scales that remain unresolved in modern cosmological simulations, SN feedback must be implemented as a subgrid model. Differences in the manner in which SN energy is coupled to the local interstellar medium and in which excessive radiative losses are prevented have resulted in a zoo of models used by different groups. However, the importance of the selection of resolution elements around young stellar particles for SN feedback has largely been overlooked. In this wor…
Does supernova feedback regulate the star formation rate in dwarf galaxies?
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica(墨西哥国立自治大学射电天文与天体物理研究所);Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574, ENS de Lyon, Univ. Lyon1, CNRS, Université de Lyon(里昂天体物理研究中心(UMR5574),里昂高等师范学院,里昂第一大学,法国国家科学研究中心,里昂大学)
The characterization of the large amount of gas residing in the galaxy halos, the so called circumgalactic medium (CGM), is crucial to understand galaxy evolution across cosmic time. We focus here on the the cool ($T\sim10^4$ K) phase of this medium around star-forming galaxies in the local universe, whose properties and dynamics are poorly understood. We developed semi-analytical parametric models to describe the cool CGM as an outflow of gas clouds from the central galaxy, as a result of supernova explosions in the disc (galactic wind). The cloud motion is driven by the galaxy gravitational …
It is a major open question which physical processes stop the accretion of gas onto giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and limit the efficiency at which gas is converted into stars within these GMCs. While feedback from supernova explosions has been the popular feedback mechanism included in simulations of galaxy formation and evolution, `early' feedback mechanisms such as stellar winds, photoionisation and radiation pressure are expected to play an important role in dispersing the gas after the onset of star formation. These feedback processes typically take place on small scales ($\sim 10-100$ pc…
According to star formation histories (SFHs), Local Group dwarf galaxies can be broadly classified in two types: those forming most of their stars before $z=2$ (${\it fast}$) and those with more extended SFHs (${\it slow}$). The most precise SFHs are usually derived from deep but not very spatially extended photometric data; this might alter the ratio of old to young stars when age gradients are present. Here we correct for this effect and derive the mass formed in stars by $z=2$ for a sample of 16 Local Group dwarf galaxies. We explore early differences between ${\it fast}$ and ${\it slow}$ d…
We study the formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies and how they suppress star formation and maintain it quenched. A one-zone chemical model which follows in detail the time evolution of gas mass and its chemical abundances during the active and passive evolution, is adopted. The model includes both gas infall and outflow as well as detailed stellar nucleosynthesis. Elliptical galaxies with different infall masses, following a down-sizing in star formation scenario, are considered. In the chemical evolution simulation we include a novel calculation of the feedback processes. We include…
The Characteristic Mass and Energy Conversion Efficiency in the Cusp-Core Transition of Dark Matter Haloes: Implications for Scaling Relations and Supernova feedbacks
University of Tsukuba(筑波大学);National Institute of Technology, Sendai College(国立仙台高等专门学校);Tohoku University(东北大学);The University of Tokyo(东京大学)
The recently launched James Webb Space Telescope promises unparalleled advances in our understanding of the first stars and galaxies, but realizing this potential requires cosmological simulations that capture the key physical processes that affected these objects. Here we show that radiative transfer and subgrid turbulent mixing are two such processes. By comparing simulations with and without radiative transfer but with exactly the same physical parameters and subgrid turbulent mixing model, we show that tracking radiative transfer suppresses the Population III (Pop III) star formation densi…
We study the obscuring structure of circumnuclear disks (CNDs) by considering supernova (SN) feedbacks from nuclear starburst and the effect of anisotropic radiative pressure from AGNs. We suppose that the mass accretion onto a central supermassive black hole (SMBH) is triggered by SN-driven turbulence within CNDs, and we explore how the structures of CNDs depend on the BH mass ($M_{\rm BH}$) and AGN luminosity ($L_{\rm AGN}$). We find that the obscuring fraction ($f_{\rm obs}$) peaks at $\sim10\%$ of the Eddington luminosity ($L_{\rm Edd}$), and its maximal value is $f_\mathrm{obs} \sim 0.6$ …
The mass-dependent interplay of active galacitc nuclei and supernova feedback in shaping the $L_{\rm X}$--$T$ relation of early-type galaxies
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, Fudan University(复旦大学天文与天体物理中心及物理系);National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台)
Impulsive supernova feedback and non-standard dark matter models, such as self-interacting dark matter (SIDM), are the two main contenders for the role of the dominant core formation mechanism at the dwarf galaxy scale. Here we show that the impulsive supernova cycles that follow episodes of bursty star formation leave distinct features in the distribution function of stars: groups of stars with similar ages and metallicities develop overdense shells in phase space. If cores are formed through supernova feedback, we predict the presence of such features in star-forming dwarf galaxies with core…
We present a suite of 16 high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations of an isolated dwarf galaxy (gaseous and stellar disk plus a stellar bulge) within an initially cuspy dark matter (DM) halo, including self-interactions between the DM particles (SIDM); as well as stochastic star formation and subsequent supernova feedback (SNF), implemented using the stellar feedback model SMUGGLE. The simulations start from identical initial conditions and we regulate the strength of SIDM and SNF by systematically varying the SIDM momentum transfer cross section and the gas density threshold for star formation…