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astro-ph.GA2025

Central densities of dark matter halos in FIRE-2 simulations of low-mass galaxies with cold dark matter and self-interacting dark matter

Maria C. Straight, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, James S. Bullock +6

We investigate the central density structure of dark matter halos in cold dark matter (CDM) and self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models using simulations that are part of the Fe…

astro-ph.GA2021

The central densities of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cold and self-interacting dark matter models

Omid Sameie, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Robyn Sanderson +6

We present a suite of baryonic cosmological zoom-in simulations of self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) haloes within the ``Feedback In Realistic Environment'' (FIRE) project. The t…

astro-ph.GA2020

A Relationship Between Stellar Metallicity Gradients and Galaxy Age in Dwarf Galaxies

Francisco J. Mercado, James S. Bullock, Michael Boylan-Kolchin +7

We explore the origin of stellar metallicity gradients in simulated and observed dwarf galaxies. We use FIRE-2 cosmological baryonic zoom-in simulations of 26 isolated galaxies as…

astro-ph.GA2020

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…

astro-ph.GA2019

Stars made in outflows may populate the stellar halo of the Milky Way

Sijie Yu, James S. Bullock, Andrew Wetzel +8

We study stellar-halo formation using six Milky Way-mass galaxies in FIRE-2 cosmological zoom simulations. We find that of the outer ( kpc) stellar halo in each sy…

astro-ph.GA2019

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…