Journal article
The enrichment of the intergalactic medium with adiabatic feedback – I. Metal cooling and metal diffusion
Abstract
A study of metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium (IGM) using a series of smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations is presented, employing models for metal cooling and the turbulent diffusion of metals and thermal energy. An adiabatic feedback mechanism was adopted where gas cooling was prevented on the time‐scale of supernova bubble expansion to generate galactic winds without explicit wind particles. The simulations produced a …
Authors
Shen S; Wadsley J; Stinson G
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 407, No. 3, pp. 1581–1596
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 21, 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17047.x
ISSN
0035-8711