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A Semi-Analytic Simulation for SKA. Danail Obreschkow & the Oxford SKADS-Team, 16.3.2009. Brain storming. 3-scale approximation. Cosmic structure. Galaxy formation. Cold gas phases. DATA FORMAT 1 : Cubes of Galaxies at different redshifts. etc. z = 0.2. z = 0.1. z = 0.
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A Semi-Analytic Simulation for SKA Danail Obreschkow & the Oxford SKADS-Team, 16.3.2009
3-scale approximation Cosmic structure Galaxy formation Cold gas phases
DATA FORMAT 1 : Cubes of Galaxies at different redshifts etc. z = 0.2 z = 0.1 z = 0
How to make (more) stars ? HI H2 Stars
Evolution of galaxy sizes z = 0 z = 2.5
Milky Way H2 HI 80 kpc
Milky Way 500 M/pc2 H2 HI 80 kpc
HI saturates H2 Saturation Level = 8 M/pc2 HI Radius 40 kpc
Cosmic evolution of the mass functions z=2 z=0 Obreschkow & Rawlings, 2009, ApJL, submitted; Zwaan et al., 2005, MNRAS, 359, L30; Daddi et al., 2008
Cosmic evolution of space densities Obreschkow & Rawlings, 2009, ApJL submitted
How to make (more) stars ? HI H2 Stars
Interpretation of the history of star formation Obreschkow & Rawlings, 2009, ApJL submitted