Osaka Feedback Model II: Modeling Supernova Feedback Based on High-Resolution Simulations

Abstract

AbstractFeedback from supernovae (SNe) is an essential mechanism that self-regulates the growth of galaxies. We build an SN feedback model based on high-resolution simulations of superbubble and SN-driven outflows for the physical understanding of the galaxy–CGM connection. Using an Eulerian hydrodynamic code Athena++, we find universal scaling relations for the time evolution of superbubble momentum, when the momentum and time are scaled by those at the shell-formation time. We then develop an SN feedback model utilizing Voronoi tessellation, and implement it into the GADGET3-Osaka smoothed particle hydrodynamic code. We show that our stochastic thermal feedback model produces galactic outflow that carries the metals high above the galactic plane but with weak suppression of star formation. Additional mechanical feedback further suppresses star formation. Therefore, we argue that both thermal and mechanical feedback is necessary for the SN feedback model of galaxy evolution when an individual SN bubble is unresolved.