{"_id":"q6H7CoT25aGFjsqyW","bibbaseid":"fauchergigure-recentprogressinsimulatinggalaxyformationfromthelargesttothesmallestscales-2018","author_short":["Faucher-Giguère, C."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"Recent progress in simulating galaxy formation from the largest to the smallest scales","issn":"2397-3366","url":"http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018NatAs.tmp...32F","doi":"10.1038/s41550-018-0427-y","abstract":"Galaxy formation simulations are an essential part of the modern toolkit of astrophysicists and cosmologists alike. Astrophysicists use the simulations to study the emergence of galaxy populations from the Big Bang, as well as the formation of stars and supermassive black holes. For cosmologists, galaxy formation simulations are needed to understand how baryonic processes affect measurements of dark matter and dark energy. Owing to the extreme dynamic range of galaxy formation, advances are driven by novel approaches using simulations with different tradeoffs between volume and resolution. Large-volume but low-resolution simulations provide the best statistics, while higher-resolution simulations of smaller cosmic volumes can be evolved with self-consistent physics and reveal important emergent phenomena. I summarize recent progress in galaxy formation simulations, including major developments in the past five years, and highlight some key areas likely to drive further advances over the next decade.","urldate":"2018-05-03","journal":"Nature Astronomy","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Faucher-Giguère"],"firstnames":["Claude-André"],"suffixes":[]}],"month":"April","year":"2018","bibtex":"@article{faucher-giguere_recent_2018,\n\ttitle = {Recent progress in simulating galaxy formation from the largest to the smallest scales},\n\tissn = {2397-3366},\n\turl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018NatAs.tmp...32F},\n\tdoi = {10.1038/s41550-018-0427-y},\n\tabstract = {Galaxy formation simulations are an essential part of the modern toolkit \nof astrophysicists and cosmologists alike. Astrophysicists use the\nsimulations to study the emergence of galaxy populations from the Big\nBang, as well as the formation of stars and supermassive black holes.\nFor cosmologists, galaxy formation simulations are needed to understand\nhow baryonic processes affect measurements of dark matter and dark\nenergy. Owing to the extreme dynamic range of galaxy formation, advances\nare driven by novel approaches using simulations with different\ntradeoffs between volume and resolution. Large-volume but low-resolution\nsimulations provide the best statistics, while higher-resolution\nsimulations of smaller cosmic volumes can be evolved with\nself-consistent physics and reveal important emergent phenomena. I\nsummarize recent progress in galaxy formation simulations, including\nmajor developments in the past five years, and highlight some key areas\nlikely to drive further advances over the next decade.},\n\turldate = {2018-05-03},\n\tjournal = {Nature Astronomy},\n\tauthor = {Faucher-Giguère, Claude-André},\n\tmonth = apr,\n\tyear = {2018},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Faucher-Giguère, C."],"key":"faucher-giguere_recent_2018","id":"faucher-giguere_recent_2018","bibbaseid":"fauchergigure-recentprogressinsimulatinggalaxyformationfromthelargesttothesmallestscales-2018","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018NatAs.tmp...32F"},"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://bibbase.org/zotero/polyphant","dataSources":["7gvjSdWrEu7z5vjjj"],"keywords":[],"search_terms":["recent","progress","simulating","galaxy","formation","largest","smallest","scales","faucher-giguère"],"title":"Recent progress in simulating galaxy formation from the largest to the smallest scales","year":2018}