Publications

Introducing cosmosTNG: simulating galaxy formation with constrained realizations of the COSMOS field

We introduce the new cosmological simulation project cosmosTNG, a first-of-its-kind suite of constrained galaxy formation simulations …
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson, Benjamin Horowitz, Khee-Gan Lee, Annalisa Pillepich
Preprint Project
Introducing cosmosTNG: simulating galaxy formation with constrained realizations of the COSMOS field

scida: scalable analysis for scientific big data

scida is a Python package for reading and analyzing large scientific data sets. Data access is provided through a hierarchical …
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson
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scida: scalable analysis for scientific big data

The cosmic web in Lyman-alpha emission

We develop a comprehensive theoretical model for Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) emission, from the scale of individual Ly$\alpha$ emitters …
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson
Project arXiv
The cosmic web in Lyman-alpha emission

Surface Brightness Profile of Lyman-α Halos out to 320 kpc in HETDEX

We present the median-stacked Lyman-α surface brightness profile of 968 spectroscopically selected Lyman-α emitting galaxies (LAEs) at …
Maja Lujan Niemeyer, Eiichiro Komatsu, Chris Byrohl, and others
Project arXiv

The physical origins and dominant emission mechanisms of Lyman-alpha halos: results from TNG50 in comparison to MUSE observations

Extended Lyman-alpha emission around galaxies and quasars at high redshift – Lyman-alpha halos (LAHs) – are now commonly …
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson, Christoph Behrens, Annalisa Pillepich, Lars Hernquist, Federico Marinacci, Mark Vogelsberger
Project arXiv

Variations of Observed Lyman-α Spectra Shapes due to the Intergalactic Absorption

Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) spectra provide insights into the small-scale structure and kinematics of neutral hydrogen (HI) within …
Chris Byrohl, Max Gronke
Project arXiv

Radiative Transfer Distortions of Lyman-α Emitters: a New Fingers-of-God Damping in the Clustering in Redshift Space

Complex radiative transfer (RT) of the Lyman-$\alpha$ photons poses a theoretical challenge to galaxy surveys which infer the …
Chris Byrohl, Shun Saito, Christoph Behrens
Preprint Project NASA ADS

The Intrinsic Stochasticity of the $^{56}$Ni Distribution of Single-Degenerate Near-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae

Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs accreting mass from non-degenerate stellar companions through the single-degenerate channel have …
Chris Byrohl, Robert Fisher, Dean Townsley
Preprint Project NASA ADS
The Intrinsic Stochasticity of the $^{56}$Ni Distribution of Single-Degenerate Near-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae

The impact of Lyman-α radiative transfer on large-scale clustering in the Illustris simulation

Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (LAEs) are a promising probe of the large-scale structure at high redshift, $z\gtrsim 2$. In particular, the …
Christoph Behrens, Chris Byrohl, Shun Saito, Jens Niemeyer
Preprint Project NASA ADS

Viscosity, pressure, and support of the gas in simulations of merging cool-core clusters

Major mergers are considered to be a significant source of turbulence in clusters. We performed a numerical simulation of a major …
Wolfram Schmidt, Chris Byrohl, Jan Frederik Engels, Christoph Behrens, Jens Niemeyer
Preprint

Constraining The Single-Degenerate Channel of Type Ia Supernovae With Stable Iron-Group Elements in SNR 3C 397

Recent Suzaku X-ray spectra of SNR 3C 397 indicate enhanced stable iron-group element abundances of Ni, Mn, Cr, and Fe. Seeking to …
Pranav Dave, Rahul Kashyap, Robert Fisher, Frank Timmes, Dean Townsley, Chris Byrohl
Preprint