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A complete theory of galaxy formation requires understanding the details of how gas is converted into stars over cosmic time, which is affected by gas supply, star formation, and feedback-driven outflows. Based on the results of state-of-the-art cosmological zoom simulations, I will argue that galaxy formation is a violent process: at high redshift, stellar feedback causes all star-forming galaxies to undergo rapid fluctuations in their star formation rates on ~10-Myr timescales. Bursts of star formation are followed by strong outflows, which cause the star formation rate to drop precipitously. Fresh gas supply from galactic fountains rejuvenates star formation and restarts the cycle. At z ~ 1, simulations of massive galaxies exhibit a qualitative transition: outflows are no longer driven effectively, and the galaxies transition to steadily star-forming, well-order disk galaxies. I will present a simple analytic model that potentially explains the reasons for this transition.
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Studying the formation of the first-generation stars and the mass growth of their remnant black holes (BH) is crucial for understanding supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation in the early universe. I have investigated the gas accretion process in metal-free or low-metallicity environments by performing radiation hydrodynamics simulations. Throughout a series of studies, I have derived the mass distribution of the first-generation stars and revealed the conditions for super-Eddington gas accretion onto intermediate-mass BHs. Additionally, I currently conduct radiation hydrodynamics simulations of the mass transfer process in BH binaries to understand the formation process of merging binary BHs observed through gravitational waves. In this presentation, I will introduce my past research and report on the initial results of the ongoing study.
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IceCube has successfully detected the diffuse neutrino background, identified two neutrino sources, and measured the neutrino flux of the Galactic plane during its 15 years of operation. These are milestones in neutrino astronomy, considering how notoriously hard it is to detect these ghost particles and how rare are these ultra-high-energy neutrinos. With KM3NeT (running), Baikal-GVD (running) and P-ONE (planning) to come and reach their full potential within the next decade, neutrino astronomy is no longer a fantasy. Neutrino observation will advance our understanding of astrophysics beyond the reach of traditional photon-based observations. I will present in this seminar one of our case studies, which is the Galactic Centre (GC) neutrino emission. Gamma-ray observations of the GC have provided compelling evidence of hadronic interactions between cosmic rays (CRs) and baryonic matter in the GC. It is however difficult to disentangle the leptonic and hadronic components in the observed gamma-ray flux, and the origins of these GC CRs remain poorly understood. Unlike gamma rays, TeV neutrinos in the GC are exclusively generated through hadronic CR interactions. We propose that millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are possible accelerators of GC CRs, and a resolved GC neutrino intensity map can constrain the GC MSP population and their spatial distribution.
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Galactic Cosmic Rays are known to reach energies beyond the so-called Cosmic Ray “knee”, a spectral break occurring at ~3 PeV in the all particle cosmic ray spectrum. However, finding evidence for hadronic particle accelerators reaching PeV energies - PeVatrons - has proven elusive. Within the last five years, astrophysical sources of gamma-rays above 100 TeV have been identified for the first time; gamma-rays that are produced through interactions of particles with PeV energies. Many of these sources are associated with the most energetic pulsars known. Only this year, the number of known emitters at these Ultra-High-Energies has potentially tripled, from ~12-14 known in 2021, to over 40 in 2023. In this talk, I will review the current status of the research and discuss implications for our understanding of pulsar environments and PeVatrons. Open questions include: Which particle types are being accelerated and generating the gamma-ray emission? How are the particles transported through the surrounding medium? What is the maximum energy limit for particle acceleration in pulsar environments? What are the nature of the enigmatic PeVatrons? In the near future, data from current and forthcoming facilities will help us to address these questions.
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One way to form the supermassive black hole seed at high redshift involves the direct collapse model. We use high-resolution zoom-in cosmological simulations to model outflow triggered by radiation and thermal drivers around the central mass accumulation during direct collapse within the dark matter (DM) halo. Due to the high accretion rate of ~ 1 𝑀⊙ /yr determined by the DM halo, accretion is supercritical, resulting in supercritical luminosity which affects the inflow rate, with the duty cycle of ~ 0.9. We observe a fast development of hot cavities which quickly extend into polar funnels and expanding dense shells. Within the funnels, fast winds, ~ 10^3 km/s, are mass-loaded by the accreting gas. Finally the formation of funnels and powerful outflows around, e.g., SMS, can have interesting observational corollaries. We study the Lyα signature from this SMS in a wide variety of configurations. We perform Lyα radiative transfer through a Monte Carlo algorithm, and consider the effect of collisional de-excitation of the 2p state, which would transfer Lyα into two-photon emissions. We find that Lyα photons could escape when the outflow driven by the SMS radiative feedback clean the gas above the disk, otherwise Lyα would be destructed into two-photon emissions. With the help of outflow, the escaped Lyα profiles show enhanced red wing, and suppressed blue wing.
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Understanding the intricate distribution of matter in the Universe is a fundamental objective in contemporary cosmological studies of structure formation. In this talk, we will delve into the significance of cosmic filaments and their prominence in cosmological investigations. In the framework of the Lambda cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm, the distribution of baryons broadly follows that of dark matter, albeit with subtle biases between the two. These biases manifest in various observations in diverse ways, underscoring the crucial need to comprehend the intricacies of this bias and its relationship with galaxy formation. Specifically, we will explore the profound impact of feedback on the circumgalactic and intergalactic environments. The role of cosmic filaments in shaping the mass acquisition and spin of galaxies will also be highlighted.
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In this seminar, at the beginning it is planned to present , a previous effort to extend the Hartle-Hawking tidal heating formula in the presence of torsion and also the applicability of this scheme will be discussed in the context of black hole-neutron star merger scenario. Recent observation of binary neutron star merger, specifically GW170817 created a lot of enthusiasm in the astrophysic community with a hope to put a stringent constrain on the viable equation of state (EOS) of the dense matter. Matter in the core of a neutron star, i.e. in an extreme density is predicted to be in state called quark-gluon plasma. Considering this kind of core and a hadronic crust, a crossover EOS can be prepared. In this line of research, the study of binary neutron star merger simulation with a quark-hadron crossover EOS will be discussed.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully performed spectroscopic identification of galaxies at redshifts z > 10. However, observing the first galaxies with Mstar < 10^6 Msun remains challenging. Therefore, studying Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies (EMPGs), which are observed in the local Universe, becomes crucial. By examining the chemical abundance, we can trace the star formation history of galaxies. The relationship between helium abundance (He/H) and metallicity allows us to determine the primordial helium abundance resulting from Big Bang nucleosynthesis (Matsumoto et al. 2023). To explain the observed chemical abundance in EMPGs, a better theoretical understanding of the correlation between the formation process and chemical evolution of low-metallicity galaxies is needed. In this study, we investigate the chemical enrichment history of low-metallicity galaxies using both one-zone model calculations and cosmological hydrodynamic simulations coupled with the chemical evolution library CELib. Our one-zone model reveals that the presence of more active star formation, with a specific star formation rate (sSFR) comparable to that of observed EMPGs, leads to a lower He/H ratio for the same metallicity. This effect is attributed to the increased abundance of helium in Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. Additionally, we explore the formation of the first galaxies through high-resolution zoom-in simulations using the cosmological Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code GADGET3-Osaka. Our simulations successfully reproduce the Fe/O ratio in EMPG candidates but fall short in reproducing the He/H ratio. At the conclusion of my presentation, I will discuss the prospects and plans for my Ph.D. thesis.
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Our universe is filled with relativistic particles known as Cosmic Rays (Cos). Their energy spectrum exhibits a broken power law with a notable softening at ~3 PeV, called the CR knee. Observations have confirmed that the CR component below this energy threshold originates within our Milky Way. Identifying the source of these Galactic CRs remains a prominent question in the field of astroparticle physics. Supernova remnants (SNRs) have emerged as the most plausible candidates for this source, although a firm confirmation is still missing. Gamma-ray instruments, particularly ones operating in the TeV energy range, have provided valuable insights into SNR systems and may still hold the key for resolving this longstanding debate. In this talk, I will discuss recent studies conducted on SNRs using gamma-ray instruments, with a specific focus on the MAGIC imaging Cherenkov telescopes. Additionally, I will examine the theoretical implications of these results for the SNR hypothesis.
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Active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets have been mostly simulated with grid-based codes. However, when it comes to cosmological simulations, SPH-based codes, such as GADGET3-Osaka, have more advantages in terms of following the structure formation as well as computational cost. Therefore, it is natural to expect AGN jets to be simulated in this codes to study their impacts on star formation and galaxy evolution. Previous study has been done by Husko & Lacey (2023) using SPH-based code SWIFT to analyze its feasibility in resolving AGN jets evolution at larger scale. Following their setup, we run similar tests using GADGET3-Osaka code. On top of that, we also do some comparison regarding artificial viscosity models that are commonly used in SPH codes, as well as resolution test to see if lower resolution can handle AGN jets evolution. In general, our jets follow closely the analytical prediction given by Kaiser & Best (2007). Moreover, we also show some preliminary results of how AGN jets impact the galaxy evolution. In the future, we are also working on how to properly implement this feedback self-consistently integrated with black hole physics and perform self-regulated BH-AGN simulation at cosmological scale.
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The new generation of galaxy redshift surveys is going to trace modes embedded in cubical volumes of ~10 Gpc/h side. Nowadays computational resources do not allow us to simulate such volumes with full n-body solvers. Therefore we resort to learning techniques applied to smaller volume simulations to obtain mock catalogues for all tracers of the large scale structure covering the redshift range from zero to about four. A deep understanding of the mathematical connection between the cosmic web and its tracers becomes crucial. These techniques will allow us to accurately assess the uncertainties in cosmological information inference.
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Galaxy evolution crucially depends on how gas is converted into stars in giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and on how ensuing stellar feedback from young massive stars (in the form of UV radiation, stellar winds, and supernovae) interacts with the surrounding interstellar medium. Observations indicate that GMCs in normal disk galaxies turn only a small fraction of gas mass into stars per free-fall time and over their lifetimes, while clouds in denser environments may form stars more efficiently. Although stellar feedback is believed to play an important role in controlling the efficiency of star formation and cloud lifecycle, details remain elusive. In this talk, I will present results from radiation (M)HD simulations of star-forming GMCs with stellar feedback. I will show how the star formation efficiency and destruction timescale depend on various integrated cloud properties such as mass, size, turbulence level, and magnetization, and discuss the relative importance of different feedback mechanisms. We explain the observed star formation rate of the Milky Way by applying our finding that the efficiency per free-fall time decreases with the virial parameter of a molecular cloud.
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Massive galaxies are thought to acquire most of their fuel above redshift 2 by cold filamentary accretion. Such cold stream scenario is ubiquitous in cosmological simulations but direct observational evidence remains difficult. Upon entering the hot halo of a galaxy, a cold stream can emit strong Lyman-alpha radiation which could be linked to the numerous Lyman-alpha emitters observed at high redshift. Recent high-resolution simulations of idealized cold streams aim to understand this emission mechanism. Through a comprehensive suite of two-dimensional simulations, we hereby study further the cold stream emission signature by considering anisotropic thermal conduction and initially uniform magnetic field with different angles. Notably, radiative cooling is included but not self-gravity and self-shielding. Simulations are done using the Athena++ code. Despite an initially small magnetic field (with a ratio of thermal pressure to magnetic pressure of hundred-thousand), we find that, as long as the magnetic field is not parallel to the stream, the emission signature of the stream can decrease up to one order of magnitude compared to hydrodynamical case. Such decrease is due both to a magnetic field amplification up to a few hundred times its initial value and to the diffusion of the mixing layer where the emission takes place. Also, in such conditions, the stream sustains at least 80% of its initial mass flux, still allowing a large amount of cold gas to reach the halo centre. We provide a tentative fitting and physical model for prediction.
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Supernova explosions play a critical role in regulating the formation and evolution of galaxies. It requires a one-parsec resolution to resolve each supernova bubble, which is four orders of magnitude smaller than the size of the entire galactic disk, and this wide dynamic range poses a challenge in directly simulating the galactic-scale impact of supernovae. Thus, a subgrid model for supernova feedback is necessary to study its effect on galaxies. As the sensitivity of the telescopes increases, it has begun to be realized that current simulations cannot explain matter distributions on circum- and inter-galactic media, and a better understanding and modeling of feedback is necessary. In the first part, I talk about our feedback model development. We studied the momentum of a superbubble formed by multiple supernovae on an idealized interstellar medium. The results indicate that a simple analytic model reasonably captures the metallicity dependence of the superbubble's terminal momentum. Using the results, We developed a subgrid model for large-scale simulations. I will demonstrate the model in an isolated-galaxy simulation to show that the inclusion of an additional model is necessary to reproduce galactic wind, which is important for the metal enrichment of the circumgalactic medium. In the second part, I will talk about current ongoing work. We employed our model in cosmological simulations and compared the results with observational data. I will discuss how the model is constrained in the comparison. At the end of my talk, I will talk about the prospects and plans for my Ph.D. thesis.
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Accreting black holes are powered by the conversion of the gravitational potential energy from the matter falling down on the black hole. They emit high energy emission in the UV, X-ray, γ energy range and can produce powerful relativistic jets observed in the radio. Both stellar mass black holes found in galactic X-ray Binaries (XrB) and the supermassive black holes present in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) show a strong correlation between the hard X-ray and the radio luminosities, suggesting a link between the accretion and ejection processes across the entire black hole mass scale. Yet the nature of this connection still eludes us. To elucidate this connection, Ferreira 2006 proposed a paradigm called the Jet Emitting Disk - Standard Accretion Disk (JED-SAD). The JED is a highly magnetized inner accretion flow that produces a jet and is modeled using semi-analytical MHD solutions (from Ferreira 1997). The JED is hot (~100-1000 keV), namely a corona, and generates the hard X-rays. Whereas, the SAD is an outer cold disk modeled on an α-disk (Shakura & Sunyaev 1973). In 2018, Marcel et al. developed a two temperature plasma code able to compute the thermal equilibrium and the resulting spectrum for any given JED-SAD configuration. I will present the JED-SAD model and how we compute spectra of the thermal accretion flow. I will discuss the first applications of the model to observations of XrB and AGN carried out during my thesis. And finally, I will discuss some of the physical interpretations of our results.
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The corona is the outermost layer of low-mass stellar atmospheres consisting of the high-temperature plasma with > 10^6 K. A systematic understanding of coronal heating is necessary because the energy radiation from coronae has a strong impact on its surroundings such as planetary environments and the ionization history of our universe. To this end, it is important to understand the mechanism of energy transport from the photosphere to the upper atmosphere, and the coronal properties in different stellar environments. In this study, we addressed these issues by performing 1D MHD simulations of coronal heating. We found that the coronal property is closely linked to the physical state in the underlying atmosphere (chromosphere). Based on these findings, we identified that the condition for the coronal formation is determined by the chromospheric temperature and loop length in a simple relation. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of stellar metallicity on coronal heating to enhance our understanding of stellar coronae beyond the Sun. Our simulations demonstrated that metallicity is a crucial parameter that determines the coronal properties due to differences in radiative cooling efficiency. We also derived scaling laws that link the fundamental physical quantities of a steady coronal loop corresponding to differences in elemental abundances to define the basic coronal structure with various metallicities.