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2020 年度 実施状況報告書

The impact of galactic structure on star formation

研究課題

研究課題/領域番号 20K14456
研究機関北海道大学

研究代表者

Pettitt Alex  北海道大学, 高等教育推進機構, 助教 (40792693)

研究期間 (年度) 2020-04-01 – 2022-03-31
キーワードgalaxies / star formation / numerical simulation / interstellar medium / spiral arms
研究実績の概要

The initial sweep of simulations has been completed at moderate resolution. Simulations show an excellent match to both the structure and kinematics of the targeted systems (NGC5055, NGC6946 and NGC7331). The first main paper on this work is progressing well, and we aim for submission over the summer. Our initial results show that each system does indeed exhibit a similar global star formation response, but that each also clearly differs at smaller scales. This highlights that the specific values of galactic shear and mass distribution in a given galaxy does play a role (if only a secondary one), but that ultimately stellar feedback regulates the star formation across the galaxy as a whole. These results will be valuable to the observational community who are studying such scales in nearby galaxies, and also to other theoretical efforts, particularly those interested in the effect of large-scale galactic structure/dynamics on cloud-scale material. The spiral arms in these galaxy models are also significantly different in each case, yet do not seem to play a huge role in altering the star formation in each disc, merely re-arranging where it is taking place. In addition, we have an international network of collaborators who are now working with the results of these simulations, with the first few publications already in the pipeline. Future work will probe smaller scales in each of these systems, compare/contrast further properties to their observed counterparts, and expand our targets to a wider range of galactic structures (e.g. strongly barred systems).

現在までの達成度 (区分)
現在までの達成度 (区分)

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理由

Simulations at moderate resolution are complete, conforming to expected progress. In fact, due to being slightly ahead of schedule, multiple versions of each target galaxy have also been simulated to investigate the role of specific parameter choices. Work on publications also proceeds as planned. However, progress has definitely been slowed by the pandemic, in particular regarding code development for the next avenues of the project. Trips to visit collaborators overseas had to be cancelled, as were a number of relevant conferences, which made up a significant portion of the grant planned costs. The former impacted plans to make improvements to the code via in-situ development (which is much harder to do remotely and across timezones), and the later was detrimental to finding new avenues for collaborative ties.

今後の研究の推進方策

With the first sweep of simulations now completed, much higher-resolution versions are now being performed, aiming to probe the internal structure of star forming clouds. This requires an expanded stellar physics network, which is under development in collaboration with researchers in Japan, USA, and Canada. Computing time at high performance computing facilities necessary for the continued success of the project has been successfully acquired at Japan's CfCA and USA's XSEDE (via collaborators). Immediate follow-up papers will focus on the clustered nature of star formation and cloud properties in our initial galaxy sample, work on which is already underway. In 2021 there are a much greater number of remote conferences, so we expect it will be easier to make new collaborative ties and advertise the project than in 2020.

次年度使用額が生じた理由

The main reason for cary-over funds is the lack of any international travel in FY2020. Funds were used for computing equipment, but a significant portion had been planned for use for travel to collaborators and to conferences, both of which were not permitted during the pandemic.

  • 研究成果

    (11件)

すべて 2021 2020 その他

すべて 国際共同研究 (3件) 雑誌論文 (6件) (うち国際共著 6件、 査読あり 6件、 オープンアクセス 6件) 学会発表 (2件)

  • [国際共同研究] Ohio State University(米国)

    • 国名
      米国
    • 外国機関名
      Ohio State University
  • [国際共同研究] McMaster University(カナダ)

    • 国名
      カナダ
    • 外国機関名
      McMaster University
  • [国際共同研究] University of Exeter/Cardiff University(英国)

    • 国名
      英国
    • 外国機関名
      University of Exeter/Cardiff University
  • [雑誌論文] SEDIGISM-ATLASGAL: dense gas fraction and star formation efficiency across the Galactic disc2021

    • 著者名/発表者名
      J. Urquhart, C. Figura, J. Cross, M. Wells, T. Moore, D. Eden, S. Ragan, A. Pettitt, A. Duarte-Cabral, D. Colombo, et al.
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 500 ページ: 3050-3063

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2512

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [雑誌論文] The SEDIGISM survey: First Data Release and overview of the Galactic structure2021

    • 著者名/発表者名
      F. Schuller, J. Urquhart, T. Csengeri, D. Colombo, A. Durate-Cabral, A. Ginsburg, M. Mattern, A. Pettitt, F. Wyrowski, L. Anderson, et al.
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 500 ページ: 3064-3082

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2369

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [雑誌論文] The power of coordinate transformations in dynamical interpretations of Galactic structure2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      J. Hunt, K. Johnston, A. Pettitt, E. Cunningham, D. Kawata, D. Hogg
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 497 ページ: 818-828

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa1987

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [雑誌論文] How do different spiral arm models impact the ISM and GMC population?2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      A. Pettitt, C. Dobbs, J. Baba, D. Colombo, A. Duarte-Cabral, F. Egusa, A. Habe
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 498 ページ: 1159-1174

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2242

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [雑誌論文] The anatomy of a star-forming galaxy II: FUV heating via dust2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      S. Benincasa, J. Wadsley, H. Couchman, A. Pettitt, B. Keller, R. Woods, J. Grond
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 499 ページ: 2028-2041

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2935

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [雑誌論文] Birth sites of young stellar associations and recent star formation in a flocculent corrugated disc2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      A. Quillen, A. Pettitt, S. Chakrabarti, Y. Zhang, J. Gange, I. Minchev
    • 雑誌名

      MNRAS

      巻: 499 ページ: 5623-5640

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa3189

    • 査読あり / オープンアクセス / 国際共著
  • [学会発表] Should we be asking molecular clouds how spiral arms are made?2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      A. Pettitt, C. Dobbs J. Baba, D. Colombo, A. Duarte-Cabral, F. Egusa, A. Habe
    • 学会等名
      Nenkai 2020a
  • [学会発表] Creating new galaxy samples with the BESPOKE galaxies project2020

    • 著者名/発表者名
      S. Benincasa, A. Pettitt, J. Wadsley, A. Leroy
    • 学会等名
      NBodyShop Excellence Conference

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公開日: 2021-12-27  

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