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most citedFIRE-2 Simulations: Physics versus Numerics in Galaxy Formation

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astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Star Formation History and Evolution of the Ultra-Diffuse M81 Satellite F8D1

Adam Smercina, Eric F. Bell, Benjamin F. Williams +15

We present deep HST imaging of one of the nearest ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) outside of the Local Group: F8D1, a satellite of M81 known to be tidally disrupting. UDGs are an eni…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 4 cited

Cosmological Zoom-In Simulations of Milky Way Host Mass Dark Matter Halos with a Blue-Tilted Primordial Power Spectrum

Jianhao Wu, Tsang Keung Chan, Victor J. Forouhar Moreno

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a surprisingly large number of galaxies at high redshift, challenging the standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter cosmolog…

astro-ph.CO2023

A halo model for cosmological Lyman-limit systems

Tom Theuns, TK Chan

We present an analytical model for cosmological Lyman-limit systems (LLSs) that successfully reproduces the observed evolution of the mean free path (L) of ionizing photons. The ev…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 106 cited

SWIFT: A modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications

Matthieu Schaller, Josh Borrow, Peter W. Draper +24

Numerical simulations have become one of the key tools used by theorists in all the fields of astrophysics and cosmology. The development of modern tools that target the largest ex…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 14 cited

The impact and response of minihalos and the inter-halo medium on cosmic reionization

Tsang Keung Chan, Alejandro Benitez-Llambay, Tom Theuns +2

An ionization front (I-front) that propagates through an inhomogeneous medium is slowed down by self-shielding and recombinations. We perform cosmological radiation hydrodynamics s…