Genetically modified haloes: towards controlled experiments in ΛCDM galaxy formation
Genetically modified haloes: towards controlled experiments in ΛCDM galaxy formation
We propose a method to generate 'genetically modified' (GM) initial conditions for high-resolution simulations of galaxy formation in a cosmological context. Building on the Hoffman–Ribak algorithm, we start from a reference simulation with fully random initial conditions, then make controlled changes to specific properties of a single halo (such as …