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dc.contributor.authorKaviraj, S.
dc.contributor.authorLaigle, C.
dc.contributor.authorKimm, T.
dc.contributor.authorDevriendt, J. E. G.
dc.contributor.authorDubois, Y.
dc.contributor.authorPichon, C.
dc.contributor.authorSlyz, A.
dc.contributor.authorChisari, E.
dc.contributor.authorPeirani, S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-20T17:45:31Z
dc.date.available2018-02-20T17:45:31Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-01
dc.identifier.citationKaviraj , S , Laigle , C , Kimm , T , Devriendt , J E G , Dubois , Y , Pichon , C , Slyz , A , Chisari , E & Peirani , S 2017 , ' The Horizon-AGN simulation: evolution of galaxy properties over cosmic time ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 467 , no. 4 , stx126 , pp. 4739-4752 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx126
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.09379v3
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-5601-575X/work/77850149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/19799
dc.descriptionThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.description.abstractWe compare the predictions of Horizon-AGN, a hydro-dynamical cosmological simulation that uses an adaptive mesh refinement code, to observational data in the redshift range 0 < z < 6. We study the reproduction, by the simulation, of quantities that trace the aggregate stellar-mass growth of galaxies over cosmic time: luminosity and stellar-mass functions, the star formation main sequence, rest-frame UV-optical-near infrared colours and the cosmic star-formation history. We show that Horizon-AGN, which is not tuned to reproduce the local Universe, produces good overall agreement with these quantities, from the present day to the epoch when the Universe was 5% of its current age. By comparison to Horizon-noAGN, a twin simulation without AGN feedback, we quantify how feedback from black holes is likely to help shape galaxy stellar-mass growth in the redshift range 0 < z < 6, particularly in the most massive galaxies. Our results demonstrate that Horizon-AGN successfully captures the evolutionary trends of observed galaxies over the lifetime of the Universe, making it an excellent tool for studying the processes that drive galaxy evolution and making predictions for the next generation of galaxy surveys.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.subjectmethods: numerical
dc.subjectgalaxies: formation
dc.subjectgalaxies: evolution
dc.subjectgalaxies: high-redshift
dc.subjectcosmology: theory
dc.subjectcosmology: large-scale structure of Universe
dc.titleThe Horizon-AGN simulation: evolution of galaxy properties over cosmic timeen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Astrophysics Research
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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