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Introducing galactic structure finder: the multiple stellar kinematic structures of a simulated Milky Way mass galaxy
Aura Obreja, Andrea V. Macciò, Benjamin Moster +4
We present the first results of applying Gaussian Mixture Models in the stellar kinematic space of normalized angular momentum and binding energy on NIHAO high resolution galaxies…
NIHAO XVI: The properties and evolution of kinematically selected discs, bulges and stellar haloes
Aura Obreja, Aaron A. Dutton, Andrea V. Macciò +6
We use 25 simulated galaxies from the NIHAO project to define and characterize a variety of kinematic stellar structures: thin and thick discs, large scale single discs, classical…
Haloes at the ragged edge: The importance of the splashback radius
O. N. Snaith, J. Bailin, A. Knebe +3
We have explored the outskirts of dark matter haloes out to 2.5 times the virial radius using a large sample of halos drawn from Illustris, along with a set of zoom simulations (MU…
Quenching vs. Quiescence: forming realistic massive ellipticals with a simple starvation model
Thales A. Gutcke, Andrea V. Macciò, Aaron A. Dutton +1
The decrease in star formation (SF) and the morphological change necessary to produce the elliptical galaxy population are commonly ascribed to a sudden quenching event, whic…
NIHAO XII: galactic uniformity in a ΛCDM universe
Aaron A. Dutton, Aura Obreja, Liang Wang +7
We use a sample of 83 high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations and a semi-analytic model (SAM) to study the stochasticity of galaxy formation in haloes ranging from dwarf t…
NIHAO IX: the role of gas inflows and outflows in driving the contraction and expansion of cold dark matter haloes
Aaron A. Dutton, Andrea V. Macciò, Avishai Dekel +7
We use ~100 cosmological galaxy formation zoom-in simulations using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics code {\sc gasoline} to study the effect of baryonic processes on the mass pr…