Cold cloud and hot gas infall as galaxy formation probe
Abstract
I will discuss the fragmentation and cooling of halo gas using very high-resolution galaxy formation simulations set within the context of LCDM cosmology. Disk formation proceeds via the infall of cool clouds and hot gas, and the residual population resembles the high-velocity cloud population of the Milky Way. Neutral cloud and X-ray emission observations provide an important constraint on galaxy formation models and proposed feedback schemes.
- Publication:
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37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008cosp...37.1468K