SAGE26 Paper I: Modelling the baryon cycle from cosmic dawn to the present day
Abstract
We present SAGE26, a comprehensive update to the Semi-Analytic Galaxy Evolution (SAGE) model. SAGE26 integrates five observationally motivated improvements: (1) distinct circumgalactic medium and hot-halo gas physics, (2) molecular hydrogen for star formation, (3) velocity- and redshift-dependent supernova feedback, (4) bulge radii tracking through time, and (5) feedback-free burst galaxies. Each improvement works to regulate galaxy formation from cosmic dawn to the present. Most significantly, the addition of feedback-free burst galaxies provides a pathway to produce high-redshift massive galaxies at the abundances observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Furthermore, the new circumgalactic medium framework improves the treatment of baryons by distinguishing between free-fall-limited inflow in low-mass haloes and hydrostatic cooling in massive groups and clusters using a characteristic halo shock mass. SAGE26 reproduces key observational constraints across cosmic time, including the stellar mass function and cosmic star formation rate density, while retaining the computational efficiency and flexibility of its predecessor. The code and data products are open-source and publicly available.
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BibTeX
@misc{bradley2026sage26,
title = {{SAGE26 Paper I: Modelling the baryon cycle from cosmic dawn to the present day}},
author = {Michael Bradley and Darren J. Croton and Robert Adriel Mostoghiu Paun and Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury and Jayde Willingham},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.09564},
eprint = {2610.09564},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09564},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - SAGE26 Paper I: Modelling the baryon cycle from cosmic dawn to the present day
AU - Michael Bradley
AU - Darren J. Croton
AU - Robert Adriel Mostoghiu Paun
AU - Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury
AU - Jayde Willingham
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/07
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.09564
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09564
AB - We present SAGE26, a comprehensive update to the Semi-Analytic Galaxy Evolution (SAGE) model. SAGE26 integrates five observationally motivated improvements: (1) distinct circumgalactic medium and hot-halo gas physics, (2) molecular hydrogen for star formation, (3) velocity- and redshift-dependent supernova feedback, (4) bulge radii tracking through time, and (5) feedback-free burst galaxies. Each improvement works to regulate galaxy formation from cosmic dawn to the present. Most significantly, the addition of feedback-free burst galaxies provides a pathway to produce high-redshift massive galaxies at the abundances observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Furthermore, the new circumgalactic medium framework improves the treatment of baryons by distinguishing between free-fall-limited inflow in low-mass haloes and hydrostatic cooling in massive groups and clusters using a characteristic halo shock mass. SAGE26 reproduces key observational constraints across cosmic time, including the stellar mass function and cosmic star formation rate density, while retaining the computational efficiency and flexibility of its predecessor. The code and data products are open-source and publicly available.
ER -