[en] We have developed an accurate, one-dimensional, spherically symmetric, Lagrangian hydrodynamics/gravity code, designed to study the effects of radiative cooling and photo-ionization on the formation of protogalaxies. We examine the ability of collapsing perturbations to cool within the age of the universe. In contrast to some studies based on order-of-magnitude estimates, we find that cooling arguments alone cannot explain the sharp upper cutoff observed in the galaxy luminosity function. We also look at the effect of a photoionizing background on the formation of low-mass galaxies.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Thoul, Anne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique stellaire théorique et astérosismologie
Language :
English
Title :
Hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy formation
Publication date :
July 1995
Event name :
39th Annual October Astrophysics Conference “Dark Matter”