Modeling the Multiphase Interstellar Medium in Galaxies with GPU Accelerated Time-Dependent Chemistry

Alexander Gurvich, Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.

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Massive outflows of gas from galaxies known as galactic winds are crucial in regulating galactic star formation rates. These outflows are observed to consist of multiple phases, including both hot (~million K) and cold, molecular, gas. Previous simulations either lacked the resolution or the chemistry treatment necessary to capture these phases. This limits the ability of previous work to produce powerful galactic winds and also accurately predict observations of their chemical diagnostics. We propose to develop and employ a revolutionary GPU-accelerated time-dependent chemistry code to enable us to run a suite of high resolution simulations that will, for the first time, capture the full range of phases of galactic winds.