Speaker
Dr
Rowan Smith
(University of Manchester)
Description
We show how the AREPO code can be used to follow the ISM in spiral type galaxy simulations at unprecedented scales. The resolution extends from 6 kpc down to sub-pc scales and includes important physical processes such as supernova feedback, time-dependent chemistry and self-shielding, and gas self gravity. Such resolution means that we can resolve sub-structure within individual molecular cloud and therefore do not need a "clumping factor" in the chemical model. This allows predictive models to be made of the HI, CO, and C+ emission from such galaxies. Moreover, this also allows the individual molecular clouds to be extracted from the simulations for studying star formation at higher resolution.
Primary author
Dr
Rowan Smith
(University of Manchester)
