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Second public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation
Andrew Wetzel, Jenna Samuel, Pratik J. Gandhi +34
We describe the second data release (DR2) of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation, from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project, available…
Public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation
Andrew Wetzel, Christopher C. Hayward, Robyn E. Sanderson +23
We describe a public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation, available at http://flathub.flatironinstitute.org/fire, from the Feedback In R…
A dark matter profile to model diverse feedback-induced core sizes of CDM haloes
Alexandres Lazar, James S. Bullock, Michael Boylan-Kolchin +11
We analyze the cold dark matter density profiles of 54 galaxy halos simulated with FIRE-2 galaxy formation physics, each resolved within of the halo virial radius. These ha…
The Edge of the Galaxy
Alis J. Deason, Azadeh Fattahi, Carlos S. Frenk +5
We use cosmological simulations of isolated Milky Way-mass galaxies, as well as Local Group analogues, to define the "edge" -- a caustic manifested in a drop in density or radial v…
Chasing Accreted Structures within Gaia DR2 using Deep Learning
Lina Necib, Bryan Ostdiek, Mariangela Lisanti +3
In previous work, we developed a deep neural network classifier that only relies on phase-space information to obtain a catalog of accreted stars based on the second data release o…
Evidence for a Vast Prograde Stellar Stream in the Solar Vicinity
Lina Necib, Bryan Ostdiek, Mariangela Lisanti +6
Massive dwarf galaxies that merge with the Milky Way on prograde orbits can be dragged into the disk plane before being completely disrupted. Such mergers can contribute to an accr…
Cataloging Accreted Stars within Gaia DR2 using Deep Learning
Bryan Ostdiek, Lina Necib, Timothy Cohen +6
The goal of this study is to present the development of a machine learning based approach that utilizes phase space alone to separate the Gaia DR2 stars into two categories: those…
Predicting the LISA white dwarf binary population in the Milky Way with cosmological simulations
Astrid Lamberts, Sarah Blunt, Tyson Littenberg +3
Short-period (P<1 hour) white dwarf binaries will be the most numerous sources for the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA. Based on thousands of resolved systems, we will…
Characterizing the Infall Times and Quenching Timescales of Milky Way Satellites with Proper Motions
Sean P. Fillingham, Michael C. Cooper, Tyler Kelley +6
Observations of low-mass satellite galaxies in the nearby Universe point towards a strong dichotomy in their star-forming properties relative to systems with similar mass in the fi…
But What About... Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, Conduction, & Viscosity in Galaxy Formation
Philip F. Hopkins, T. K. Chan, Shea Garrison-Kimmel +6
We present a suite of high-resolution cosmological simulations, using the FIRE-2 feedback physics together with explicit treatment of magnetic fields, anisotropic conduction and vi…
A profile in FIRE: resolving the radial distributions of satellite galaxies in the Local Group with simulations
Jenna Samuel, Andrew Wetzel, Erik Tollerud +9
While many tensions between Local Group (LG) satellite galaxies and LCDM cosmology have been alleviated through recent cosmological simulations, the spatial distribution of satelli…
Star formation histories of dwarf galaxies in the FIRE simulations: dependence on mass and Local Group environment
Shea Garrison-Kimmel, Andrew Wetzel, Phillip F. Hopkins +13
We study star formation histories (SFHs) of dwarf galaxies (stellar mass ) from FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations. We compare dwarf…
Be it therefore resolved: Cosmological Simulations of Dwarf Galaxies with Extreme Resolution
Coral Wheeler, Philip F. Hopkins, Andrew B. Pace +7
We study a suite of extremely high-resolution cosmological FIRE simulations of dwarf galaxies (), run to with resolut…
Phat ELVIS: The inevitable effect of the Milky Way's disk on its dark matter subhaloes
Tyler Kelley, James S. Bullock, Shea Garrison-Kimmel +3
We introduce an extension of the ELVIS project to account for the effects of the Milky Way galaxy on its subhalo population. Our simulation suite, Phat ELVIS, consists of twelve hi…
Dwarf Galaxies in CDM, WDM, and SIDM: Disentangling Baryons and Dark Matter Physics
Alex Fitts, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Brandon Bozek +9
We present a suite of FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of isolated field dwarf galaxies, all with masses of M at , across a r…
The Origins of the Circumgalactic Medium in the FIRE Simulations
Z. Hafen, C. -A. Faucher-Giguere, D. Angles-Alcazar +10
We use a particle tracking analysis to study the origins of the circumgalactic medium (CGM), separating it into (1) accretion from the intergalactic medium (IGM), (2) wind from the…
Under the Firelight: Stellar Tracers of the Local Dark Matter Velocity Distribution in the Milky Way
Lina Necib, Mariangela Lisanti, Shea Garrison-Kimmel +5
The Gaia era opens new possibilities for discovering the remnants of disrupted satellite galaxies in the Solar neighborhood. If the population of local accreted stars is correlated…
How low does it go? Too few Galactic satellites with standard reionization quenching
Andrew S. Graus, James S. Bullock, Tyler Kelley +3
A standard prediction of galaxy formation theory is that the ionizing background suppresses galaxy formation in haloes with peak circular velocities smaller than Vpeak ~ 20 km/s, r…
The Local Group on FIRE: Dwarf galaxy populations across a suite of hydrodynamic simulations
Shea Garrison-Kimmel, Philip F. Hopkins, Andrew Wetzel +8
We present a new set of high-resolution hydrodynamic cosmological zoom-in simulations that apply the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) physics to both Local Group (LG)-like…
Synthetic Gaia surveys from the FIRE cosmological simulations of Milky Way-mass galaxies
Robyn E. Sanderson, Andrew Wetzel, Sarah Loebman +6
With Gaia Data Release 2, the astronomical community is entering a new era of multidimensional surveys of the Milky Way. This new phase-space view of our Galaxy demands new tools f…
The Suppression of Star Formation on the Smallest Scales: What Role Does Environment Play?
M. K. Rodriguez Wimberly, M. C. Cooper, S. P. Fillingham +3
The predominantly ancient stellar populations observed in the lowest-mass galaxies (i.e. ultra-faint dwarfs) suggest that their star formation was suppressed by reionization. Most…
Formation, vertex deviation and age of the Milky Way's bulge: input from a cosmological simulation with a late-forming bar
Victor P. Debattista, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Robyn E. Sanderson +5
We present the late-time evolution of m12m, a cosmological simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy from the FIRE project. The simulation forms a bar after redshift z = 0.2. We show t…
Where are the most ancient stars in the Milky Way?
Kareem El-Badry, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Andrew Wetzel +7
The oldest stars in the Milky Way (MW) bear imprints of the Galaxy's early assembly history. We use FIRE cosmological zoom-in simulations of three MW-mass disk galaxies to study th…
Warm FIRE: Simulating Galaxy Formation with Resonant Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter
Brandon Bozek, Alex Fitts, Michael Boylan-Kolchin +8
We study the impact of a warm dark matter (WDM) cosmology on dwarf galaxy formation through a suite of cosmological hydrodynamical zoom-in simulations of $M_{\rm halo} \approx10^{1…