Galaxy cold gas contents in modern cosmological hydrodynamic simulations
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Galaxy cold gas contents in modern cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. / Dave, Romeel; Crain, Robert A.; Stevens, Adam R. H.; Narayanan, Desika; Saintonge, Amelie; Catinella, Barbara; Cortese, Luca.
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 497, No. 1, 03.07.2020, p. 146-166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Galaxy cold gas contents in modern cosmological hydrodynamic simulations
AU - Dave, Romeel
AU - Crain, Robert A.
AU - Stevens, Adam R. H.
AU - Narayanan, Desika
AU - Saintonge, Amelie
AU - Catinella, Barbara
AU - Cortese, Luca
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - We present a comparison of galaxy atomic and molecular gas properties in three recent cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, namely SIMBA, EAGLE, and IllustrisTNG, versus observations from z similar to 0 to 2. These simulations all rely on similar subresolution prescriptions to model cold interstellar gas that they cannot represent directly, and qualitatively reproduce the observed z approximate to 0 H I and H-2 mass functions (HIMFs and H2MFs, respectively), CO(1-0) luminosity functions (COLFs), and gas scaling relations versus stellar mass, specific star formation rate, and stellar surface density mu(*), with some quantitative differences. To compare to the COLF, we apply an H-2-to-CO conversion factor to the simulated galaxies based on their average molecular surface density and metallicity, yielding substantial variations in alpha(CO) and significant differences between models. Using this, predicted z = 0 COLFs agree better with data than predicted H2MFs. Out to z similar to 2, EAGLE's and SIMBA's HIMFs and COLFs strongly increase, while IllustrisTNG's HIMF declines and COLF evolves slowly. EAGLE and SIMBA reproduce high-LCO(1-0) galaxies at z similar to 1-2 as observed, owing partly to a median alpha(CO)(z = 2) similar to 1 versus alpha(CO)(z = 0) similar to 3. Examining H I, H-2, and CO scaling relations, their trends with M-* are broadly reproduced in all models, but EAGLE yields too little H I in green valley galaxies, IllustrisTNG and SIMBA overproduce cold gas in massive galaxies, and SIMBA overproduces molecular gas in small systems. Using SIMBA variants that exclude individual active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback modules, we find that SIMBA's AGN jet feedback is primarily responsible by lowering cold gas contents from z similar to 1 -> 0 by suppressing cold gas in M-* greater than or similar to 10(10) M-circle dot galaxies, while X-ray feedback suppresses the formation of high-mu(*) systems.
AB - We present a comparison of galaxy atomic and molecular gas properties in three recent cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, namely SIMBA, EAGLE, and IllustrisTNG, versus observations from z similar to 0 to 2. These simulations all rely on similar subresolution prescriptions to model cold interstellar gas that they cannot represent directly, and qualitatively reproduce the observed z approximate to 0 H I and H-2 mass functions (HIMFs and H2MFs, respectively), CO(1-0) luminosity functions (COLFs), and gas scaling relations versus stellar mass, specific star formation rate, and stellar surface density mu(*), with some quantitative differences. To compare to the COLF, we apply an H-2-to-CO conversion factor to the simulated galaxies based on their average molecular surface density and metallicity, yielding substantial variations in alpha(CO) and significant differences between models. Using this, predicted z = 0 COLFs agree better with data than predicted H2MFs. Out to z similar to 2, EAGLE's and SIMBA's HIMFs and COLFs strongly increase, while IllustrisTNG's HIMF declines and COLF evolves slowly. EAGLE and SIMBA reproduce high-LCO(1-0) galaxies at z similar to 1-2 as observed, owing partly to a median alpha(CO)(z = 2) similar to 1 versus alpha(CO)(z = 0) similar to 3. Examining H I, H-2, and CO scaling relations, their trends with M-* are broadly reproduced in all models, but EAGLE yields too little H I in green valley galaxies, IllustrisTNG and SIMBA overproduce cold gas in massive galaxies, and SIMBA overproduces molecular gas in small systems. Using SIMBA variants that exclude individual active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback modules, we find that SIMBA's AGN jet feedback is primarily responsible by lowering cold gas contents from z similar to 1 -> 0 by suppressing cold gas in M-* greater than or similar to 10(10) M-circle dot galaxies, while X-ray feedback suppresses the formation of high-mu(*) systems.
KW - ISM: evolution
KW - galaxies: disc
KW - galaxies: evolution
KW - galaxies: formation
KW - methods: numerical
KW - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES
KW - ARECIBO SDSS SURVEY
KW - H I
KW - ILLUSTRISTNG SIMULATIONS
KW - EAGLE SIMULATIONS
KW - ATOMIC-HYDROGEN
KW - MOLECULAR GAS
KW - INITIAL CONDITIONS
KW - SCALING RELATIONS
KW - MASSIVE GALAXIES
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/staa1894
DO - 10.1093/mnras/staa1894
M3 - Journal article
VL - 497
SP - 146
EP - 166
JO - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices
JF - Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 252155050