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SMUGGLE-Ring: Evolutionary link between nuclear star cluster and nuclear disk

SungWon Kwak , Mathias Schultheis , Ivan Minchev , Cristina Chiappini , Woong-Tae Kim , Seungwon Baek , Federico Marinacci , Mark Vogelsberger
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Laura V. Sales Hui Li Matthias Steinmetz
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A hydrodynamical simulation shows that bar-driven inflows create linked growth between a nuclear stellar disk and nuclear star cluster in a Milky Way-mass galaxy.

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The paper runs a high-resolution simulation of a Milky Way-mass galaxy using the SMUGGLE multiphase ISM and stellar feedback model. A bar of length about 5 kpc forms in isolation and drives sustained gas inflows that build both a nuclear stellar disk and a nuclear star cluster. By tracking only stars formed after the bar appears, the simulation reveals inside-out growth of the disk, with feedback shocks regulating the gas disk and channeling material inward. The disk and cluster share similar mass growth and star-formation histories except during accretion of one massive cluster of about 3 times 10 to the 7 solar masses. The results indicate that the bar's evolutionary timescale and the history of cluster accretion are essential for tighter scaling relations between nuclear structures and their host galaxies, and favor a lower bulge-to-disk ratio of about 0.045 for the Milky Way to match its compact nuclear disk.

Core claim

In the simulation, a bar of length approximately 5 kpc forms in isolation and drives sustained gas inflows that form a nuclear stellar disk and nuclear star cluster. Considering only post-bar stars reveals inside-out growth of the disk, with feedback inducing shocks that regulate the gas disk size and channel gas to the cluster. The disk and cluster share similar growth histories except during the accretion of a cluster with mass about 3 times 10^7 solar masses. The results indicate that the bar's evolutionary timescale and star cluster accretion history are key to tighter scaling relations, favoring a bulge-to-disk ratio of about 0.045 for the Milky Way to match the compact nuclear disk.

What carries the argument

The isolated hydrodynamical simulation with the SMUGGLE multiphase ISM and stellar feedback model, which produces bar-driven gas inflows and shared post-bar growth histories for the nuclear disk and cluster.

If this is right

  • The evolutionary timescale of the bar and the accretion history of star clusters are essential for obtaining tighter scaling relations among nuclear structures and their host galaxies.
  • Stellar feedback induces repeated shocks that regulate the size of the nuclear gas disk and drive gas from its outer edge toward the nuclear star cluster region.
  • The nuclear stellar disk and nuclear star cluster share similar mass growth and star formation histories after bar formation, except during massive cluster accretion.
  • A lower bulge mass for the Milky Way than assumed in the model (B/D approximately 0.045) is needed to explain the compact size of its nuclear disk.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If bar evolutionary timescale controls nuclear scaling relations, then galaxies with longer-lived bars should show correspondingly larger nuclear disks relative to their host mass.
  • The occasional accretion of a massive cluster that temporarily decouples the cluster and disk histories implies that dynamical capture events can produce outliers in observed nuclear structure relations.
  • Extending the same isolated simulation setup to include minor mergers or external gas inflows would test whether the inside-out disk growth pattern survives realistic perturbations.
  • The clean separation of post-bar stars in the simulation suggests that chemical or kinematic tagging of young stars in real galaxies could isolate nuclear disk growth from older bulge populations.

Load-bearing premise

The isolated simulation with the SMUGGLE multiphase ISM and stellar feedback model accurately represents the real formation and evolution of nuclear structures in a Milky Way-mass galaxy without external perturbations.

What would settle it

Direct measurement of the Milky Way bulge-to-disk ratio together with the observed size and growth pattern of its nuclear disk, or detection of a recent massive cluster accretion event near the nuclear star cluster.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.05157 by Cristina Chiappini, Federico Marinacci, Hui Li, Ivan Minchev, Laura V. Sales, Mark Vogelsberger, Mathias Schultheis, Matthias Steinmetz, Seungwon Baek, SungWon Kwak, Woong-Tae Kim.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Left: Face-on projections of the stacked surface den [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Left: Temporal evolution of radial distribution of gas [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We present a high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation of the formation and evolution of nuclear structures in a Milky Way-mass galaxy using the SMUGGLE multiphase ISM and stellar feedback model. The system naturally develops a bar of length $\approx5$ kpc in isolation, driving sustained gas inflows toward the center that lead to the formation of a nuclear stellar disk (NSD) and a nuclear star cluster (NSC). By considering only stars born after bar formation, we cleanly isolate the nuclear structures and recover a clear inside-out growth of the NSD. Consistent with observational studies, we find that stellar feedback induces repeated shocks that regulate the size of the nuclear gas disk and drive gas from its outer edge toward the NSC region. Over time, the NSD and NSC share similar mass growth and star formation histories, except during accretion of a massive star cluster with mass $\approx 3\times 10^{7}\Msun$, comparable to the most massive cluster observed near the NSC of NGC 4654. Our results suggest that both the evolutionary timescale of the bar (and thus of the NSD) and the accretion history of star clusters are essential for obtaining tighter scaling relations among nuclear structures and their host galaxies. Finally, our results favor a lower bulge mass for the Milky Way than in our model ($B/D\approx 0.045$) to explain the compact size of its nuclear disk.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript reports results from a single high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation of an isolated Milky Way-mass galaxy evolved with the SMUGGLE multiphase ISM and stellar feedback model. The simulation develops a ~5 kpc bar that drives gas inflows, leading to formation of a nuclear stellar disk (NSD) and nuclear star cluster (NSC). By restricting analysis to stars formed after bar onset, the authors recover inside-out NSD growth, repeated feedback-driven shocks regulating the nuclear gas disk, and broadly similar mass and star-formation histories for the NSD and NSC except during accretion of a ~3e7 Msun cluster. From this trajectory the authors conclude that bar evolutionary timescale and cluster accretion history are essential for tighter nuclear-structure scaling relations and that the Milky Way requires a bulge-to-disk ratio lower than the model's B/D≈0.045 to match the observed compact NSD.

Significance. A well-resolved case study of bar-driven nuclear structure formation with explicit multiphase ISM and feedback physics offers a concrete evolutionary pathway that can be compared to observations of NSD/NSC co-evolution. The methodological choice to isolate post-bar stars provides a clean view of inside-out growth. However, because the central inferences about necessity of specific timescales and accretion histories rest on a single isolated run without parameter variations, the broader significance for scaling relations remains provisional pending controlled experiments.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The assertion that 'both the evolutionary timescale of the bar (and thus of the NSD) and the accretion history of star clusters are essential for obtaining tighter scaling relations' is not demonstrated by the single evolutionary trajectory shown. No comparative runs with altered bar growth rates, different initial conditions, or suppressed cluster accretion are presented to establish that these factors are required rather than merely consistent with the observed inside-out growth and single accretion event.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The inference that the Milky Way requires a lower bulge mass than the model's B/D≈0.045 to produce a compact NSD is drawn from the NSD size realized in this specific simulation. Without additional runs that systematically vary the initial bulge mass (or other structural parameters) while holding other aspects fixed, the quantitative preference for a lower B/D remains an extrapolation from one data point rather than a constrained result.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract does not summarize numerical resolution, softening lengths, or any convergence tests performed; these details should be stated concisely so readers can assess the robustness of the reported nuclear structures.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments. We agree that the abstract claims regarding the essential role of bar timescales/accretion history and the preference for a lower Milky Way bulge mass are inferences from a single simulation and should be qualified more carefully. We will revise the abstract to address both points.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The assertion that 'both the evolutionary timescale of the bar (and thus of the NSD) and the accretion history of star clusters are essential for obtaining tighter scaling relations' is not demonstrated by the single evolutionary trajectory shown. No comparative runs with altered bar growth rates, different initial conditions, or suppressed cluster accretion are presented to establish that these factors are required rather than merely consistent with the observed inside-out growth and single accretion event.

    Authors: We agree that the single trajectory cannot demonstrate necessity without comparative experiments varying bar growth or accretion. The manuscript uses 'suggest' to frame this as an inference from the inside-out growth and the clear effect of the ~3e7 Msun cluster accretion event. We will revise the abstract to state that the results indicate these factors may be important for tighter relations, while explicitly noting the limitation of the single run and the need for future controlled simulations. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The inference that the Milky Way requires a lower bulge mass than the model's B/D≈0.045 to produce a compact NSD is drawn from the NSD size realized in this specific simulation. Without additional runs that systematically vary the initial bulge mass (or other structural parameters) while holding other aspects fixed, the quantitative preference for a lower B/D remains an extrapolation from one data point rather than a constrained result.

    Authors: We acknowledge this is an extrapolation from one model. The statement compares the NSD size produced at B/D≈0.045 to the more compact observed Milky Way NSD. We will revise the abstract to present this as a qualitative suggestion that a lower bulge-to-disk ratio may better match the compact NSD, rather than a firm requirement, and will add text noting the single-simulation limitation. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: claims follow directly from single simulation trajectory

full rationale

The paper's central results on inside-out NSD growth, shared SFH with NSC, and the suggested importance of bar timescale plus cluster accretion are obtained by post-processing the stellar particles and gas flows produced in one isolated SMUGGLE run. No parameter is fitted to observations and then relabeled a prediction; no uniqueness theorem or ansatz is imported via self-citation to force the outcome; the simulation itself supplies the evolutionary sequence that is then interpreted. Self-citations to the SMUGGLE ISM/feedback implementation are methodological and not load-bearing for the nuclear-structure claims.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Only the abstract is available, preventing identification of specific free parameters or axioms in the SMUGGLE model or simulation setup; the work relies on standard hydrodynamical assumptions for ISM and feedback.

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