Public Data Release of the FIRE-2 Cosmological Zoom-in Simulations of Galaxy Formation

Andrew Wetzel; Christopher C. Hayward; Robyn E. Sanderson; Xiangcheng Ma; Daniel Anglés-Alcázar; Robert Feldmann; T. K Chan; Kareem El-Badry; Coral Wheeler; Shea Garrison-Kimmel; Farnik Nikakhtar; Nondh Panithanpaisal; Arpit Arora; Alexander B. Gurvich; Jenna Samuel; Omid Sameie; Viraj Pandya; Zachary Hafen; Cameron Hummels; Sarah Loebman; Michael Boylan-Kolchin; James S. Bullock; Claude-André Faucher-Giguère; Dušan Kereš; Eliot Quataert; Philip F. Hopkins

doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acb99a

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Jan 2023)

Public Data Release of the FIRE-2 Cosmological Zoom-in Simulations of Galaxy Formation

Andrew Wetzel,
Christopher C. Hayward,
Robyn E. Sanderson,
Xiangcheng Ma,
Daniel Anglés-Alcázar,
Robert Feldmann,
T. K Chan,
Kareem El-Badry,
Coral Wheeler,
Shea Garrison-Kimmel,
Farnik Nikakhtar,
Nondh Panithanpaisal,
Arpit Arora,
Alexander B. Gurvich,
Jenna Samuel,
Omid Sameie,
Viraj Pandya,
Zachary Hafen,
Cameron Hummels,
Sarah Loebman,
Michael Boylan-Kolchin,
James S. Bullock,
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère,
Dušan Kereš,
Eliot Quataert,
Philip F. Hopkins

Affiliations

Andrew Wetzel: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Davis , Davis, CA 95616, USA ; [email protected]
Christopher C. Hayward: ORCiD; Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
Robyn E. Sanderson: ORCiD; Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania , 209 S 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Xiangcheng Ma: ORCiD; Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 N Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Daniel Anglés-Alcázar: ORCiD; Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA; Department of Physics, University of Connecticut , 196 Auditorium Road, U-3046, Storrs, CT 06269-3046, USA
Robert Feldmann: ORCiD; Institute for Computational Science, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
T. K Chan: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Kareem El-Badry: Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Harvard Society of Fellows , 78 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Coral Wheeler: Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State Polytechnic University , Pomona, CA 91768, USA
Shea Garrison-Kimmel: ORCiD; TAPIR, Mailcode 350-17, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Farnik Nikakhtar: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania , 209 S 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Nondh Panithanpaisal: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania , 209 S 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arpit Arora: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania , 209 S 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Alexander B. Gurvich: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy and CIERA, Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Jenna Samuel: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Davis , Davis, CA 95616, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712-1205, USA
Omid Sameie: Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712-1205, USA
Viraj Pandya: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy, Columbia University , New York, NY 10027, USA
Zachary Hafen: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, 4129 Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Cameron Hummels: ORCiD; TAPIR, Mailcode 350-17, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Sarah Loebman: ORCiD; Department of Physics, University of California, Merced , 5200 N Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA
Michael Boylan-Kolchin: ORCiD; Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712-1205, USA
James S. Bullock: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, 4129 Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère: ORCiD; Department of Physics & Astronomy and CIERA, Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Dušan Kereš: ORCiD; Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Eliot Quataert: ORCiD; Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Philip F. Hopkins: ORCiD; TAPIR, Mailcode 350-17, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acb99a
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 265, no. 2
p. 44

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We describe a public data release of the FIRE-2 cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation (available at http://flathub.flatironinstitute.org/fire ) from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project. FIRE-2 simulations achieve parsec-scale resolution to explicitly model the multiphase interstellar medium while implementing direct models for stellar evolution and feedback, including stellar winds, core-collapse and Type Ia supernovae, radiation pressure, photoionization, and photoelectric heating. We release complete snapshots from three suites of simulations. The first comprises 20 simulations that zoom in on 14 Milky Way (MW)–mass galaxies, five SMC/LMC-mass galaxies, and four lower-mass galaxies including one ultrafaint; we release 39 snapshots across z = 0–10. The second comprises four massive galaxies, with 19 snapshots across z = 1–10. Finally, a high-redshift suite comprises 22 simulations, with 11 snapshots across z = 5–10. Each simulation also includes dozens of resolved lower-mass (satellite) galaxies in its zoom-in region. Snapshots include all stored properties for all dark matter, gas, and star particles, including 11 elemental abundances for stars and gas, and formation times (ages) of star particles. We also release accompanying (sub)halo catalogs, which include galaxy properties and member star particles. For the simulations to z = 0, including all MW-mass galaxies, we release the formation coordinates and an “ex situ” flag for all star particles, pointers to track particles across snapshots, catalogs of stellar streams, and multipole basis expansions for the halo mass distributions. We describe publicly available python packages for reading and analyzing these simulations.

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ISSN: 0067-0049 (Print); 1538-4365 (Online)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics
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