Towards more detailed modeling of galaxy formation
Speaker: Takashi Okamoto
Abstract:
Current cosmological simulations of galaxy formation have been successful in explaining many observed properties of galaxies. There are, however, some tensions between the simulations and observations. I briefly describe the current status of simulations of galaxy formation. I then introduce our recent attempts to develop new star formation recipes in galaxy scale simulations. The new method allows us to identify star-forming clouds and detect collisions between the clouds during galaxy-scale simulations. I show some preliminary results obtained by a collision-induced star formation model.