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We combine an analytic model for anisotropic outflows and galaxy formation with numerical simulations of large-scale structure and halo formation to study the impact of galactic outflows on the evolution of the IGM. We have simulated the evolution of a comoving volume (15 Mpc)^3 in the LCDM universe. We follow the formation of 20000-60000 galaxies and simulate the galactic outflows produced by these galaxies, for five outflow opening angles, alpha=60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 degrees (isotropic outflows). Anisotropic outflows follow the path of least resistance and thus travel preferentially into low-density regions, away from cosmological structures where galaxies form. These anisotropic outflows are less likely to overlap with one another, or to hit pre-galactic collapsing halos and strip them of their gas, preventing a galaxy from forming. Going from 180 deg to 60 deg, the number of galaxies that actually form doubles, producing twice as many outflows, and these outflows overlap to a lesser extent. As a result, the metal volume filling factor of the IGM goes from 8% for isotropic outflows up to 28% for anisotropic ones. High density regions are more efficiently enriched than low de

Author

Pinsonneault, Steeve; Martel, Hugo; Pieri, Matthew M.

Published

2010

Language

EN