5 papers
The Nature of Post-Starburst Galaxies: Real Deal or Masquerading Impostors?
Elia Cenci, Robert Feldmann, Sarah Wellons +7
Post-starburst galaxies (PSBs) are a population of galaxies with spectral and photometric features indicative of rapid quenching following a recent starburst. The origin and nature…
The quenched fraction of satellites around simulated Milky Way-mass galaxies
Francisco J. Mercado, Devontae C. Baxter, M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly +7
We compare satellite quenched fractions across three cosmological simulation suites (FIREbox, the FIRE-2 zoom-ins, and IllustrisTNG50) and observational datasets from SAGA, ELVES,…
Enhanced Multiphase Circumgalactic Medium and Gas Cycling in Galaxy Mergers
Maolan Yang, Suoqing Ji, Robert Feldmann +9
We investigate the impact of galaxy mergers on the circumgalactic medium (CGM) using the FIREbox cosmological hydrodynamic simulation. By comparing matched samples of merging and i…
Igniting galaxy formation in the post-reionization universe
Jorge Moreno, Coral Wheeler, Francisco J. Mercado +9
It is widely believed that the ultraviolet background produced during the epoch of reionization conspires against the formation of low-mass galaxies. Indeed, this mechanism is ofte…
Great Balls of FIRE IV. The contribution of massive star clusters to the astrophysical population of merging binary black holes
Tristan Bruel, Astrid Lamberts, Carl L. Rodriguez +3
The detection of over a hundred gravitational wave signals from double compacts objects have confirmed the existence of such binaries with tight orbits. Two main formation channels…