An SPH code for galaxy formation problems; Presentation of the code

Details An SPH code for galaxy formation problems; Presentation of the code An SPH code for galaxy formation problems; Presentation of the code

1997-11-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9711136v1

Astron.Astrophys. 324 (1997) 534-548

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 16 figures

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We present and test a code for two-fluid simulations of galaxy formation, one of the fluids being collision-less. The hydrodynamical evolution is solved through the SPH method while gravitational forces are calculated using a tree method. The code is Lagrangian, and fully adaptive both in space and time. A significant fraction gas in simulations of hierarchical galaxy formation ends up in tight clumps where it is, in terms of computational effort, very expensive to integrate the SPH equations. Furthermore, this is a computational waste since these tight gas clumps are typically not gravitationally resolved. We solve this by merging gas particles in these regions, thereby limiting the SPH resolution to the gravitational force resolution, and further speeding up the simulation through the reduction in the number of particles.

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