Journal article
STAR FORMATION AND FEEDBACK IN SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS. II. RESOLUTION EFFECTS
Abstract
We examine the effect of mass and force resolution on a specific star formation (SF) recipe using a set of N-body/smooth particle hydrodynamic simulations of isolated galaxies. Our simulations span halo masses from 109 to 1013 M☉, more than 4 orders of magnitude in mass resolution, and 2 orders of magnitude in the gravitational softening length, ϵ, representing the force resolution. We examine the total global SF rate, the SF history, and the …
Authors
Christensen CR; Quinn T; Stinson G; Bellovary J; Wadsley J
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 717, No. 1, pp. 121–132
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
July 1, 2010
DOI
10.1088/0004-637x/717/1/121
ISSN
0004-637X