Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Subproject A1: High-Resolution Hydrodynamical Simulations of the Milky Way's Formation in a Cosmological Context

Subproject A1: High-Resolution Hydrodynamical Simulations of the Milky Way's Formation in a Cosmological Context

Volker Springel (HITS/ARI), Hans-Walter Rix (MPIA)

It has been a long-standing challenge for cosmological simulations to produce realistic disk galaxies. During the first funding period, the cosmological simulation work within the SFB achieved important progress in finally forming disk galaxies with properties similar to observed late-type spirals such as the Milky Way. The fact that this simulation deadlock could be resolved is of profound importance for all theoretical modeling of galaxy formation within the cosmological ΛCDM paradigm. Another fundamental result concerns the finding that violent baryonic feedback processes can modify the central dark matter structure of galactic halos. This affects the central rotation curves of galaxies as well as those of their satellite systems, and clearly needs to be accurately understood in evaluating small-scale tensions between observations and theoretical predictions.

Emboldened by this progress, the numerical research of the SFB will continue its long-term perspective to raise the physical fidelity of the simulation models, with the goal to eventually reach a point where one can truly speak of "ab-initio" models of galaxy formation that rely on a minimum of additional assumptions besides that of adopting a certain background cosmology. In the near term, the high-resolution cosmological models possible in the second funding period will vastly improve the quality and statistical power of the representation of the collisionless stellar component in the model galaxies. This will in particular allow detailed studies of Galactic dynamics, metal enrichment, stellar streams in the halo, satellite structure, etc. – all embedded in a consistent cosmological setting. Naturally, these simulations lend themselves to detailed comparisons with the upcoming Gaia mission and with other observational data.

"Auriga" simulation of the Milky Way: the magnetic field strength in the present day. Streamlines indicate the direction of the magnetic field lines. (Grand et al. 2017)

Publications

Riley, Alexander H.; Fattahi, Azadeh; Pace, Andrew B.; Strigari, Louis E.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Navarro, Julio F.; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Simpson, Christine M.; White, Simon D. M.
06/2019 MNRAS 486, 2679


Monachesi, Antonela; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Simpson, Christine M.; Kauffmann, Guinevere; Bustamante, Sebastián; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Frenk, Carlos S.; White, Simon D. M.; Tissera, Patricia B.
05/2019 MNRAS 485, 2589


Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Obreja, Aura; Buck, Tobias
05/2019 MNRAS 485, 1886


Macciò, Andrea V.; Frings, Jonas; Buck, Tobias; Dutton, Aaron A.; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura; Dixon, Keri L.
04/2019 MNRAS 484, 5400


Fattahi, Azadeh; Belokurov, Vasily; Deason, Alis J.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker
04/2019 MNRAS 484, 4471


Gutcke, Thales A.; Springel, Volker
01/2019 MNRAS 482, 118


Pakmor, Rüdiger; Guillet, Thomas; Pfrommer, Christoph; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Simpson, Christine M.; Springel, Volker
12/2018 MNRAS 481, 4410


Hunt, Jason A. S.; Hong, Jack; Bovy, Jo; Kawata, Daisuke; Grand, Robert J. J.
12/2018 MNRAS 481, 3794


Grand, Robert J. J.; Helly, John; Fattahi, Azadeh; Cautun, Marius; Cole, Shaun; Cooper, Andrew P.; Deason, Alis J.; Frenk, Carlos; Gómez, Facundo A.; Hunt, Jason A. S.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Simpson, Christine M.; Springel, Volker; Xu, Dandan
12/2018 MNRAS 481, 1726


Bustamante, Sebastián; Sparre, Martin; Springel, Volker; Grand, Robert J. J.
09/2018 MNRAS 479, 3381


Maffione, Nicolas P.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Cincotta, Pablo M.; Giordano, Claudia M.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Simpson, Christine M.; Springel, Volker; Frenk, Carlos S.
08/2018 MNRAS 478, 4052


Simpson, Christine M.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Campbell, David J. R.; Frenk, Carlos S.
07/2018 MNRAS 478, 548


Obreja, Aura; Macciò, Andrea V.; Moster, Benjamin; Dutton, Aaron A.; Buck, Tobias; Stinson, Gregory S.; Wang, Liang
07/2018 MNRAS 477, 4915


Philcox, Oliver; Rybizki, Jan; Gutcke, Thales A.
07/2018 ApJ 861, 40


Shao, Shi; Cautun, Marius; Frenk, Carlos S.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Marinacci, Federico; Simpson, Christine M.
05/2018 MNRAS 476, 1796


Zhu, Ling; van de Ven, Glenn; Bosch, Remco van den; Rix, Hans-Walter; Lyubenova, Mariya; Falcón-Barroso, Jesús; Martig, Marie; Mao, Shude; Xu, Dandan; Jin, Yunpeng; Obreja, Aura; Grand, Robert J. J.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Walcher, Jakob C.; García-Benito, Rubén; Zibetti, Stefano; Sánchez, Sebastian F.
03/2018 NatAs 2, 233


Grand, Robert J. J.; Bustamante, Sebastián; Gómez, Facundo A.; Kawata, Daisuke; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Rix, Hans-Walter; Simpson, Christine M.; Sparre, Martin; Springel, Volker
03/2018 MNRAS 474, 3629


Baba, Junichi; Kawata, Daisuke; Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Grand, Robert J. J.; Hunt, Jason A. S.
02/2018 ApJ 853, L23


Kawata, Daisuke; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Brook, Chris B.; Casagrande, Luca; Ciucă, Ioana; Gibson, Brad K.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Hayden, Michael R.; Hunt, Jason A. S.
01/2018 MNRAS 473, 867


Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Monachesi, Antonela; White, Simon D. M.; Bustamante, Sebastian; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Simpson, Christine M.; Springel, Volker; Frenk, Carlos S.
12/2017 MNRAS 472, 3722


Frings, Jonas; Macciò, Andrea; Buck, Tobias; Penzo, Camilla; Dutton, Aaron; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura
12/2017 MNRAS 472, 3378


Herpich, J.; Stinson, G. S.; Rix, H.-W.; Martig, M.; Dutton, A. A.
10/2017 MNRAS 470, 4941


Sparre, Martin; Springel, Volker
10/2017 MNRAS 470, 3946


Deason, Alis J.; Belokurov, Vasily; Koposov, Sergey E.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger
09/2017 MNRAS 470, 1259


Pakmor, Rüdiger; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Simpson, Christine M.; Springel, Volker; Campbell, David J. R.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Guillet, Thomas; Pfrommer, Christoph; White, Simon D. M.
08/2017 MNRAS 469, 3185


Grand, Robert J. J.; Gómez, Facundo A.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Campbell, David J. R.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Jenkins, Adrian; White, Simon D. M.
05/2017 MNRAS 467, 179


Wang, Liang; Dutton, Aaron A.; Stinson, Gregory S.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Gutcke, Thales; Kang, Xi
04/2017 MNRAS 466, 4858


Zhu, Qirong; Hernquist, Lars; Marinacci, Federico; Springel, Volker; Li, Yuexing
04/2017 MNRAS 466, 3876


Marinacci, Federico; Grand, Robert J. J.; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Gómez, Facundo A.; Frenk, Carlos S.; White, Simon D. M.
04/2017 MNRAS 466, 3859


Gómez, Facundo A.; White, Simon D. M.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Marinacci, Federico; Springel, Volker; Pakmor, Rüdiger
03/2017 MNRAS 465, 3446


Gutcke, Thales A.; Stinson, Greg S.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Wang, Liang; Dutton, Aaron A.
01/2017 MNRAS 464, 2796


Kawata, Daisuke; Grand, Robert J. J.; Gibson, Brad K.; Casagrande, Luca; Hunt, Jason A. S.; Brook, Chris B.
01/2017 MNRAS 464, 702


Butsky, Iryna; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Wang, Liang; Obreja, Aura; Stinson, Greg S.; Penzo, Camilla; Kang, Xi; Keller, Ben W.; Wadsley, James
10/2016 MNRAS 462, 663


Monari, Giacomo; Famaey, Benoit; Siebert, Arnaud; Grand, Robert J. J.; Kawata, Daisuke; Boily, Christian
10/2016 MNRAS 461, 3835


Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dekel, Avishai; Wang, Liang; Stinson, Gregory; Obreja, Aura; Di Cintio, Arianna; Brook, Chris; Buck, Tobias; Kang, Xi
09/2016 MNRAS 461, 2658


Grand, Robert J. J.; Springel, Volker; Kawata, Daisuke; Minchev, Ivan; Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia; Gómez, Facundo A.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Campbell, David J. R.
07/2016 MNRAS 460, L94


Monachesi, Antonela; Gómez, Facundo A.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Kauffmann, Guinevere; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Frenk, Carlos S.
06/2016 MNRAS 459, L46


Obreja, Aura; Stinson, Gregory S.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Wang, Liang; Kang, Xi
06/2016 MNRAS 459, 467


Grand, Robert J. J.; Springel, Volker; Gómez, Facundo A.; Marinacci, Federico; Pakmor, Rüdiger; Campbell, David J. R.; Jenkins, Adrian
06/2016 MNRAS 459, 199


Tollet, Edouard; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Stinson, Greg S.; Wang, Liang; Penzo, Camilla; Gutcke, Thales A.; Buck, Tobias; Kang, Xi; Brook, Chris; Di Cintio, Arianna; Keller, Ben W.; Wadsley, James
03/2016 MNRAS 456, 3542


Gómez, Facundo A.; White, Simon D. M.; Marinacci, Federico; Slater, Colin T.; Grand, Robert J. J.; Springel, Volker; Pakmor, Rüdiger
03/2016 MNRAS 456, 2779


Torrey, Paul; Wellons, Sarah; Machado, Francisco; Griffen, Brendan; Nelson, Dylan; Rodriguez-Gomez, Vicente; McKinnon, Ryan; Pillepich, Annalisa; Ma, Chung-Pei; Vogelsberger, Mark; Springel, Volker; Hernquist, Lars
12/2015 MNRAS 454, 2770


Bauer, Andreas; Springel, Volker; Vogelsberger, Mark; Genel, Shy; Torrey, Paul; Sijacki, Debora; Nelson, Dylan; Hernquist, Lars
11/2015 MNRAS 453, 3593


Marinacci, Federico; Vogelsberger, Mark; Mocz, Philip; Pakmor, Rüdiger
11/2015 MNRAS 453, 3999


Stinson, G. S.; Dutton, A. A.; Wang, L.; Macciò, A. V.; Herpich, J.; Bradford, J. D.; Quinn, T. R.; Wadsley, J.; Keller, B.
11/2015 MNRAS 454, 1105


Grand, Robert J. J.; Bovy, Jo; Kawata, Daisuke; Hunt, Jason A. S.; Famaey, Benoit; Siebert, Arnaud; Monari, Giacomo; Cropper, Mark
10/2015 MNRAS 453, 1867


Kannan, Rahul; Macciò, Andrea V.; Fontanot, Fabio; Moster, Benjamin P.; Karman, Wouter; Somerville, Rachel S.
10/2015 MNRAS 452, 4347


Karman, Wouter; Macciò, Andrea V.; Kannan, Rahul; Moster, Benjamin P.; Somerville, Rachel S.
09/2015 MNRAS 452, 2984


Sijacki, Debora; Vogelsberger, Mark; Genel, Shy; Springel, Volker; Torrey, Paul; Snyder, Gregory F.; Nelson, Dylan; Hernquist, Lars
09/2015 MNRAS 452, 575


Gutcke, Thales A.; Fanidakis, Nikos; Macciò, Andrea V.; Lacey, Cedric
08/2015 MNRAS 451, 3759


Genel, Shy; Fall, S. Michael; Hernquist, Lars; Vogelsberger, Mark; Snyder, Gregory F.; Rodriguez-Gomez, Vicente; Sijacki, Debora; Springel, Volker
05/2015 ApJ 804, L40


Courteau, Stéphane; Dutton, Aaron A.
03/2015 ApJ 801, L20


Herpich, J.; Stinson, G. S.; Dutton, A. A.; Rix, H.-W.; Martig, M.; Roskar, R.; Macciò, A. V.; Quinn, T. R.; Wadsley, J.
03/2015 MNRAS 448, L99


Fraternali, F.; Marasco, A.; Armillotta, L.; Marinacci, F.
02/2015 MNRAS 447, L70


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