Reproducing the Universe : a comparison between the EAGLE simulations and the nearby DustPedia galaxy sample
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- Ana Trčka (UGent) , Maarten Baes (UGent) , Peter Camps (UGent) , Sharon Meidt van der Wel (UGent) , James Trayford, Simone Bianchi, Viviana Casasola, Letizia P Cassarà, Ilse De Looze (UGent) , Pieter De Vis, Wouter Dobbels, Jacopo Fritz, Maud Galametz, Frédéric Galliano, Antonios Katsianis, Suzanne C Madden, Aleksandr V Mosenkov, Angelos Nersesian (UGent) , Sébastien Viaene (UGent) and Emmanuel M Xilouris
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- We compare the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and inferred physical properties for simulated and observed galaxies at low redshift. We exploit UV-submillimetre mock fluxes of ∼7000 z = 0 galaxies from the EAGLE suite of cosmological simulations, derived using the radiative transfer code skirt. We compare these to ∼800 observed galaxies in the UV-submillimetre range, from the DustPedia sample of nearby galaxies. To derive global properties, we apply the SED fitting code cigale consistently to both data sets, using the same set of ∼80 million models. The results of this comparison reveal overall agreement between the simulations and observations, both in the SEDs and in the derived physical properties, with a number of discrepancies. The optical and far-infrared regimes, and the scaling relations based upon the global emission, diffuse dust, and stellar mass, show high levels of agreement. However, the mid-infrared fluxes of the EAGLE galaxies are overestimated while the far-UV domain is not attenuated enough, compared to the observations. We attribute these discrepancies to a combination of galaxy population differences between the samples and limitations in the subgrid treatment of star-forming regions in the EAGLE-skirt post-processing recipe. Our findings show the importance of detailed radiative transfer calculations and consistent comparison, and provide suggestions for improved numerical models.</jats:p>
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- SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION, STAR-FORMATION RATE, RADIATIVE-TRANSFER CODE, DUST-TO-GAS, COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATION, STARBURST GALAXIES, FORMATION RATES, STELLAR MASSES, SKY SURVEY, MILKY-WAY. Radiative transfer, methods: numerical, dust, extinction, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: formation, submillimetre: galaxies
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- Trčka, Ana, et al. “Reproducing the Universe : A Comparison between the EAGLE Simulations and the Nearby DustPedia Galaxy Sample.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 494, 2020, pp. 2823–38, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa857.
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- Trčka, A., Baes, M., Camps, P., van der Wel, S. M., Trayford, J., Bianchi, S., … Xilouris, E. M. (2020). Reproducing the Universe : a comparison between the EAGLE simulations and the nearby DustPedia galaxy sample. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 494, 2823–2838. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa857
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- Trčka, Ana, Maarten Baes, Peter Camps, Sharon Meidt van der Wel, James Trayford, Simone Bianchi, Viviana Casasola, et al. 2020. “Reproducing the Universe : A Comparison between the EAGLE Simulations and the Nearby DustPedia Galaxy Sample.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 494: 2823–38. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa857.
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- Trčka, Ana, Maarten Baes, Peter Camps, Sharon Meidt van der Wel, James Trayford, Simone Bianchi, Viviana Casasola, Letizia P Cassarà, Ilse De Looze, Pieter De Vis, Wouter Dobbels, Jacopo Fritz, Maud Galametz, Frédéric Galliano, Antonios Katsianis, Suzanne C Madden, Aleksandr V Mosenkov, Angelos Nersesian, Sébastien Viaene, and Emmanuel M Xilouris. 2020. “Reproducing the Universe : A Comparison between the EAGLE Simulations and the Nearby DustPedia Galaxy Sample.” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 494: 2823–2838. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa857.
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- 1.Trčka A, Baes M, Camps P, van der Wel SM, Trayford J, Bianchi S, et al. Reproducing the Universe : a comparison between the EAGLE simulations and the nearby DustPedia galaxy sample. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 2020;494:2823–38.
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- [1]A. Trčka et al., “Reproducing the Universe : a comparison between the EAGLE simulations and the nearby DustPedia galaxy sample,” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 494, pp. 2823–2838, 2020.
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