Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-12-19
Astrophys.J. 587 (2003) 13-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/368148
We present first results from three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the high redshift formation of dwarf galaxies. The simulations use an Eulerian adaptive mesh refinement technique to follow the non-equilibrium chemistry of hydrogen and helium with cosmological initial conditions drawn from a popular Lambda-dominated CDM model. We include the effects of reionization using a uniform radiation field, a phenomenological description of the effect of star formation and, in a separate simulation, the effects of stellar feedback. The results highlight the effects of stellar feedback and photoionization on the baryon content and star formation of galaxies with virial temperatures of approximately 10^4K. Dwarf sized dark matter halos that assemble prior to reionization are able to form stars. Most halos of similar mass that assemble after reionization do not form stars by redshift of three. Dwarf galaxies that form stars show large variations in their gas content because of stellar feedback and photoionization effects. Baryon-to-dark matter mass ratios are found to lie below the cosmic mean as a result of stellar feedback. The supposed substructure problem of CDM is critically assessed on the basis of these results. The star formation histories modulated by radiative and stellar feedbacks are discussed. In addition, metallicities of individual objects are shown to be naturally correlated with their mass-to-light ratios as is also evident in the properties of local dwarf galaxies.
Abel Tom
Bryan Greg L.
Norman Michael L.
Tassis Konstantinos
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