High resolution in z-direction: The simulation of disc-bulge-halo galaxies using the particle-mesh code SUPERBOX
arXiv:0810.5450 · doi:10.1002/asna.200811099
Abstract
SUPERBOX is known as a very efficient particle-mesh code with highly-resolving sub-grids. Nevertheless, the height of a typical galactic disc is small compared to the size of the whole system. Consequently, the numerical resolution in z-direction, i.e. vertically with respect to the plane of the disc, remains poor. Here, we present a new version of SUPERBOX that allows for a considerably higher resolution along z. The improved code is applied to investigate disc heating by the infall of a galaxy satellite. We describe the improvement and communicate our results. As an important application we discuss the disruption of a dwarf galaxy within a disc-bulge-halo galaxy that consists of some 10^6 particles.
arXiv commentComments: 4 pages, 5 figures, pre-peer reviewed version. In: Galactic and stellar dynamics in the era of high-resolution surveys, Boily C., Combes F., Hensler G., eds., Strasbourg (France), March 2008, in press (Astronomische Nachrichten)
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