Chemical evolution using SPH cosmological simulations. I: implementation, tests and first results

Details Chemical evolution using SPH cosmological simulations. I: implementation, tests and first results Chemical evolution using SPH cosmological simulations. I: implementation, tests and first results

2000-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007074v3

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 325 (2001) 34

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

36 pages, 9 Postscript figures. Final version (few changes),Acepted MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04198.x

We develop a model to implement metal enrichment in a cosmological context based on the hydrodynamical AP3MSPH code described by Tissera, Lambas and Abadi (1997).The star formation model is based on the Schmidt law and has been modified in order to describe the transformation of gas into stars in more detail. The enrichment of the interstellar medium due to supernovae I and II explosions is taken into account by assuming a Salpeter Initial Mass Function and different nucleosynthesis models.The different chemical elements are mixed within the gaseous medium according to the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics technique. We present tests of the code that assess the effects of resolution and model parameters on the results. scenario and we present results of the analysis of the star formation and chemical properties of the interstellar medium and stellar population of the simulated galactic objects. We show that these systems reproduce abundance ratios for primary and secondary elements of the interstellar medium, and the correlation between the (O/H) abundance and the gas fraction of galaxies. The numerical simulations performed provide a detailed description of the chemical properties of galactic objects formed in hierarchical clustering scenarios and proved to be useful tools to deepen our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution.

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