Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
Max Planck Institute for Astrophisics (MPA)
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) | 2018 Jan 31
Astrophysicists from Heidelberg, Garching, and the USA gained new insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. They calculated how black holes influence the distribution of dark matter, how heavy elements are produced and distributed throughout the cosmos, and where magnetic fields originate. This was possible by developing and programming a new simulation model for the universe, which created the most extensive simulations of this kind to date. First results of the “IllustrisTNG” project have now been published in three articles in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. These findings should help to answer fundamental questions in cosmology.
Every galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole at its center. A new computer model now shows how these gravity monsters influence the large-scale structure of our universe. The research team includes scientists from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg University, the Max-Planck-Institutes for Astronomy (MPIA, Heidelberg) and for Astrophysics (MPA, Garching), US universities Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as the Center for Computational Astrophysics in New York. The project, “Illustris-The Next Generation” (IllustrisTNG) is the most complete simulation of its kind to date. Based on the basic laws of physics, the simulation shows how our cosmos evolved since the Big Bang. Adding to the predecessor Illustris project, IllustrisTNG includes some of the physical processes which play a crucial role in this evolution for the very first time in such an extensive simulation. ...
Modeling the Universe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2018 Jan 31
New Universe Simulation Reveals High-Resolution Details About Cosmological Structures
Center for Computational Astrophysics | Simons Foundation | 2018 Jan 31
First Results from the IllustrisTNG Simulations:
- Matter and Galaxy Clustering - Volker Springel et al
- Monthly Notices of the RAS 475(1):676 (Mar 2018) DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3304
arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1707.03397 > 11 Jul 2017 (v1), 21 Dec 2017 (v2)
- Monthly Notices of the RAS 475(1):624 (Mar 2018) DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3040
arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1707.03395 > 11 Jul 2017 (v1), 31 Jan 2018 (v2)
- Monthly Notices of the RAS 475(1):648 (Mar 2018) DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3112
arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1707.03406 > 11 Jul 2017 (v1), 31 Jan 2018 (v2)
- Monthly Notices of the RAS 475(1):676 (Mar 2018) DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3304