Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-09-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 2 figures. Accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/311733
We report results on the formation of disk-like structures in two cosmological hydrodynamical simulations in a hierarchical clustering scenario, sharing the same initial conditions. In the first one, a simple and generic implementation of star formation has allowed galaxy-like objects with stellar bulges and extended, populated disks to form. Gas in the disk comes from both, particles that survive mergers keeping in part their angular momentum content, and new gas supply by infall, once the merger process is over, with global specific angular momentum conservation. The stellar bulge forms from gas that has lost most of its angular momentum. In the second simulation, no star formation has been included. In this case, objects consist of an overpopulated central gas concentration, and an extended, underpopulated disk. The central concentration forms from particles that suffer an important angular momentum loss in violent events, and it often contains more than 70% of the object's baryonic mass. The external disk forms by late infall of gas, that roughly conserves its specific angular momentum. The difference between these two simulations is likely to be due to the stabilizing character of the stellar bulge-like cores that form in the first simulation, which diminishes the inflow of gas triggered by mergers and interactions.
Domínguez-Tenreiro Rosa
Saiz Alejandro
Tissera Patricia Beatriz
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