Fiery cores: bursty and smooth star formation distributions across galaxy centers in cosmological zoom-in simulations

We present an analysis of the R ≲ 1.5 kpc core regions of seven simulated Milky Way-mass galaxies, from the FIRE-2 (Feedback in Realistic Environments) cosmological zoom-in simulation suite, for a finely sampled period (Δt = 2.2 Myr) of 22 Myr at z ≈ 0, and compare them with star formation rate (SFR...

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Main Authors: Orr, Matthew (Author) , Hatchfield, H. Perry (Author) , Battersby, Cara (Author) , Hayward, Christopher C. (Author) , Hopkins, Philip F. (Author) , Wetzel, Andrew (Author) , Benincasa, Samantha M. (Author) , Loebman, Sarah R. (Author) , Sormani, Mattia C. (Author) , Klessen, Ralf S. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2021 February 19
In: The astrophysical journal. Part 2, Letters
Year: 2021, Volume: 908, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-7
ISSN:2041-8213
DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/abdebd
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abdebd
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Author Notes:Matthew E. Orr, H. Perry Hatchfield, Cara Battersby, Christopher C. Hayward, Philip F. Hopkins, Andrew Wetzel, Samantha M. Benincasa, Sarah R. Loebman, Mattia C. Sormani, and Ralf S. Klessen

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