期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 441, 期 1, 页码 525-531出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu419
关键词
ISM: structure; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; galaxies: spiral
资金
- UK Science & Technology Facilities Council [ST/J001341/1]
- STFC [ST/F007701/1]
- MINECO (Spain) [AYA2012-31101]
- EU through the DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative [RI-031513, RI-222919]
- PRACE-2IP Project [FP7 RI-283493]
- University of Central Lancashires High Performance Computing Facility
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/J005673/1, ST/J001341/1, ST/F002432/1, ST/H008586/1, ST/F007701/1, ST/K501943/1, ST/K00333X/1, ST/K000373/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/F007701/1, ST/J005673/1, ST/K000373/1, ST/J001341/1, ST/K00333X/1, ST/F002432/1, ST/H008586/1, ST/K501943/1] Funding Source: UKRI
We present an analysis of the role of feedback in shaping the neutral hydrogen (H I) content of simulated disc galaxies. For our analysis, we have used two realizations of two separate Milky Way-like (similar to L star) discs - one employing a conservative feedback scheme (McMaster Unbiased Galaxy Survey), the other significantly more energetic [Making Galaxies In a Cosmological Context (MaGICC)]. To quantify the impact of these schemes, we generate zeroth moment (surface density) maps of the inferred H I distribution; construct power spectra associated with the underlying structure of the simulated cold interstellar medium, in addition to their radial surface density and velocity dispersion profiles. Our results are compared with a parallel, self-consistent, analysis of empirical data from The H I Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS). Single power-law fits (P proportional to k(gamma)) to the power spectra of the stronger feedback (MaGICC) runs (over spatial scales corresponding to similar to 0.5 to similar to 20 kpc) result in slopes consistent with those seen in the THINGS sample (gamma similar to -2.5). The weaker feedback (MUGS) runs exhibit shallower power-law slopes (gamma similar to -1.2). The power spectra of the MaGICC simulations are more consistent though with a two-component fit, with a flatter distribution of power on larger scales (i.e. gamma similar to -1.4 for scales in excess of similar to 2 kpc) and a steeper slope on scales below similar to 1 kpc (gamma similar to -5), qualitatively consistent with empirical claims, as well as our earlier work on dwarf discs. The radial H I surface density profiles of the MaGICC discs show a clear exponential behaviour, while those of the MUGS suite are essentially flat; both behaviours are encountered in nature, although the THINGS sample is more consistent with our stronger (MaGICC) feedback runs.
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