C125 多重格子を用いた銀河形成のシミュレーション

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Supernova (SN)-driven pregalactic outflows may be an efficient mechanism for distributing the product of stellar nucleosynthesis over large cosmological volumes prior to the reionization epoch. Here we present results from three-dimensional numerical simulations of the dynamics of SN-driven bubbles as they propagate through and escape the grasp of subgalactic halos. The hydrodynamic simulations use a nested grid method to follow the evolution of explosive multi-SN events operating on the characteristic timescale of a few (10)^7 yr, the lifetime of massive stars. The results show that, if the star formation efficiency of subgalactic halos is close to 10%, a significant fraction of the halo gas will be lifted out of the potential well ('blow--away'), shock the intergalactic medium, and pollute it with metal-enriched material. Depending on the stellar distribution, we find that less than 30% of the available SN energy is converted into kinetic energy of the blown away material, the remainder being radiated away.
日本流体力学会の論文
2001-07-31