Model for the Rise of GAalaxies aNd Active nuclei

MORGANA is a semi-analytic galaxy formation model. Its main features are the following:

• The merger histories of dark-matter halos are obtained with the PINOCCHIO tool.
• The evolution of the various components and phases of a galaxy is followed by integrating a differential system of equations along each branch of a merger tree, thus allowing for the most general (and non-linear) set of equations for mass and energy flows.
• In each galaxy component (halo, bulge, disc) the gas is modeled as two-phase.
• The evolution of the thermal and kinetic energies of the hot and cold phases is followed.
• The halo gas components (hot gas, cooling flow, halo stars) are described by a simple model that treats cooling and infall as separated processes, takes into account the mass and energy injection by galaxy winds (ejection of matter from the galaxy to the halo) and allows for galactic super-winds (ejection of matter from the halo to the Inter-Galactic Medium, IGM).
• Star formation and stellar feedback are inserted following the results of the model by Monaco (2004), plus an additional prescription for kinetic feedback.
• Accretion onto black holes and its feedback on the galaxy allow to reproduce the cosmic history of AGN.

Papers:

• The MORGANA model for the rise of galaxies and active nuclei, P. Monaco, F. Fontanot & G. Taffoni, 2007, MNRAS, 375, 1189.
• The effect of stellar feedback and quasar winds on the AGN population, F. Fontanot, P. Monaco, S. Cristiani & P. Tozzi, 2006, MNRAS, 373, 1173.
• Diffuse Stellar Component in Galaxy Clusters and the Evolution of the Most Massive Galaxies at z<1, P. Monaco, G. Murante, S. Borgani & F. Fontanot, 2006, ApJ, 652, L89.
• Reproducing the assembly of massive galaxies within the hierarchical cosmogony, F. Fontanot, P. Monaco, L. Silva & A. Grazian, 2007, MNRAS, 382, 903.
• Faint Lyman-Break galaxies as a crucial test for galaxy formation models, B. Lo Faro, P. Monaco, E. Vanzella, F. Fontanot, L. Silva & S. Cristiani, 2009, MNRAS, 399, 827.
• The active and passive populations of extremely red objects, F. Fontanot & P. Monaco, 2010, MNRAS, 405, 705.
• Interpreting the possible break in the black hole-bulge mass relation F. Fontanot, P. Monaco & F. Shankar, 2015, MNRAS, 453, 4112.

Cross comparison of semi-analytic models:

• The Many Manifestations of Downsizing: Hierarchical Galaxy Formation Models confront Observations, F. Fontanot, G. De Lucia, P. Monaco, R. Somerville & P. Santini, 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1776.
• A semi-analytic model comparison - gas cooling and galaxy mergers, G. De Lucia, M. Boylan-Kolchin, A.J. Benson, F. Fontanot & P. Monaco, MNRAS,406, 1533.
• Times, environments and channels of bulge formation in a Lambda cold dark matter cosmology, G. De Lucia, F. Fontanot, D. Wilman & P. Monaco, 2011, MNRAS, 414, 1439.
• The effect of thermally pulsating asymptotic giant branch stars on the evolution of the rest-frame near-infrared galaxy luminosity function, B. Henriques, C. Maraston, P. Monaco, F. Fontanot, N. Menci, G. De Lucia & C. Tonini, 2011, MNRAS, 415, 3571.
• The other side of bulge formation in a Lambda cold dark matter cosmology: bulgeless galaxies in the local Universe, F. Fontanot, G. De Lucia, D. Wilman & P. Monaco, 2011, MNRAS, 416, 409.
• A Research Note on the Implementation of Star Formation and Stellar Feedback in Semi-Analytic Models, F. Fontanot, G. De Lucia, A.J. Benson, P. Monaco & M. Boylan-Kolchin, 2013, arXiv:1301.4220.
• The hierarchical origins of observed galaxy morphology, D Wilman, F. Fontanot, G. De Lucia, P. Erwin & P. Monaco, 2013, MNRAS, 433, 2986.
• A semi-analytic model comparison: testing cooling models against hydrodynamical simulations, P. Monaco, A.J. Benson, G. De Lucia, F. Fontanot, S. Borgani & M. Boylan-Kolchin, MNRAS, 441, 2058.
• Star formation in Herschel's Monsters versus semi-analytic models, C. Gruppioni, F. Calura, F. Pozzi, I. Delvecchio, S. Berta, G. De Lucia, F. Fontanot, A. Franceschini, L. Marchetti, N. Menci, P. Monaco & M. Vaccari, 2015, MNRAS, 451, 3419.
• nIFTy cosmology: comparison of galaxy formation models, A. Knebe, F.R. Pearce, P.A. Thomas et al., MNRAS, 451, 3419.

More papers that use MORGANA:

• The galaxy mass function up to z=4 in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies, A. Fontana, S. Salimbeni, A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, L. Pentericci, M. Nonino, F. Fontanot, N. Menci, P. Monaco, S. Cristiani, E. Vanzella, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, 2006, A&A, 459, 745
• How does gas cool in DM halos? M. Viola, P. Monaco, S. Borgani, G. Murante & L. Tornatore, 2008, MNRAS, 383, 777
• Evaluating and Improving Semi-analytic modelling of Dust in Galaxies based on Radiative Transfer Calculations F. Fontanot, R. S. Somerville, L. Silva, P. Monaco & R. Skibba, 2009, MNRAS, 392, 553
• The Correlation of Star Formation Quenching with Internal Galaxy Properties and Environment T. Kimm, R. S. Somerville, S. K. Yi, F. C. van den Bosch, S. Salim, F. Fontanot, P. Monaco, H. Mo, A. Pasquali, R. M. Rich & X. Yang, 2009, MNRAS, 394, 1131
• Luminosity function and radial distribution of Milky Way satellites in a LCDM Universe, A.V. Macciò, X. Kang, F. Fontanot, R.S. Somerville, S.E. Koposov & P. Monaco, 2010, MNRAS, 402, 1995.
• Environmental dependence of bulge-dominated galaxy sizes in hierarchical models of galaxy formation. Comparison with the local Universe, F. Shankar, S. Mei, M. Huertas-Company, J. Moreno, F. Fontanot, P. Monaco, M. Bernardi, A. Cattaneo, R. Sheth, R. Licitra, L. Delaye & A. Raichoor, 2014, MNRAS, 439, 3189