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20242026
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10 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

MARVELously Dark: the density profile evolution of dwarf halos in velocity-dependent SIDM

Anna Engelhardt, Ferah Munshi, Annika H. G. Peter +6

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) with a sufficiently large cross section has been shown to naturally produce constant dark matter (DM) cores, as well as core-collapse, at the ce…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Simulated Oxygen Shortage (SOS): Mapping the Missing OVI in Simulated Dwarf Galaxies to Subgrid Physics

Daniel R. Piacitelli, Alyson M. Brooks, N. Nicole Sanchez +9

Observations reveal extended \OVI\, reservoirs in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of dwarf galaxies, yet current simulations systematically underpredict \OVI\, column densities. Ut…

astro-ph.GA2026

Trends with Mass for Dwarf Galaxies from the Marvelous Massive Dwarfs Suite

Dilys Ruan, Alyson M. Brooks, Leonardo A. Barba +7

Galaxy formation scenarios can be interpreted through galaxy morphology and the level of rotational versus pressure support, quantified through the ratio of a galaxy's rotation spe…

astro-ph.GA2025

Marvelous Metals: Surveying the Circumgalactic Medium of Simulated Dwarf Galaxies

Daniel R. Piacitelli, Alyson M. Brooks, Charlotte Christensen +7

Dwarf galaxies are uniquely sensitive to energetic feedback processes and are known to experience substantial mass and metal loss from their disk. Here, we investigate the circumga…

astro-ph.GA2025

Dwarf diversity in CDM with baryons

Akaxia Cruz, Alyson Brooks, Mariangela Lisanti +7

Observed rotation curves of dwarf galaxies exhibit significant diversity at fixed halo mass, challenging galaxy formation within the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model. Previous cosmolog…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optimized smoothing kernels for SPH

Robert Wissing, Thomas R. Quinn, Ben Keller +2

We present a set of new smoothing kernels for smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) that improve the convergence of the method without any additional computational cost. These kern…