Regulated Star Formation in Forming Disk Galaxies under Ultraviolet Radiation Background
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We perform radiation hydrodynamics simulations on the evolution of galactic gas disks irradiated by ultraviolet radiation background. We find gas disks with NH & 10 cm exposed to ultraviolet radiation at a level of I21 = 1 can be self-shielded from photoheating, whereas the disk with NH . 10 cm cannot. We also find that the unshielded disks keep smooth density distribution without any sign of fragmentation, while the self-shielded disks easily fragment into small pieces by self-gravity, possibly followed by star formation. The suppression of star formation in unshielded disks is different from photoevaporation effect, since the assumed dark halo potential is deep enough to keep the photoheated gas. Presence of such critical threshold column density would be one of the reason for the so-called down-sizing feature of present-day galaxies. Subject headings: galaxies: formation — radiative transfer — hydrodynamics
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