Assigned ID: 839 ----- Attempting Submission 1 (Sat Feb 26 00:18:28 GMT 2011) ----- We propose to create a large library of high-resolution cosmological simulations of galaxies forming in the standard LCDM cosmology with the goal to provide theoretical support for the interpretation of HST observations, especially in connection with the Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), focused on galaxies at z=2-8. The simulations will provide a statistical sample of galaxies in different environments and with different degrees of interaction. Our hydrodynamic plus N-body code ART models numerous physical processes including molecular cooling, radiation pressure due to young stars, feedback due to SNII and SNI, metal enrichment, and fueling of and feedback from AGN. We plan to produce hundreds of simulations of Milky- Way-size galaxies run to redshift different z's with hundreds of additional dwarf and satellites galaxies in surrounding regions. The simulations have extremely high resolution of 20-50 parsec - the best currently available. Using radiative-transfer code SUNRISE we will produce many observable properties of the simulated galaxies, including images in many wavebands including the effects of stellar evolution and dust, SEDs out to the far-IR, star-formation histories, and kinematics. For years, understanding galaxy formation suffered from two big obstacles: lack of data on the underlying "stellar scaffolding" of galaxies beyond z ~ 1 and lack of realistic codes to model early stages of galaxy formation. The WFC3-IR camera is solving the first problem, and now is the right moment to invest in the first extensive realistic suite of hydrodynamic models, without which the precious new data cannot be properly used.

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