Easy FIRE-2 data access and analysis

Getting started with FIRE

The high-resolution galaxy simulations made by the FIRE collaboration are among the best resources available for learning about the atmospheres of galaxies. If you have ever wanted to download, visualize, or analyze those simulations on your own, but didn’t know where to start, this 12.5-minute video tutorial is for you! It’s also available on YouTube.

Resources essential for this tutorial

• The FIRE-2 public data release paper [1]

  • https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06969

• The FIRE data download page

  • http://flathub.flatironinstitute.org/fire

• The default analysis software for GIZMO

  • https://bitbucket.org/awetzel/gizmo_analysis

Command-line installation of gizmo_analysis package

git clone [email protected]:awetzel/gizmo_analysis.git bash ./gizmo_analysis/install_helper.sh

Other useful resources

• The FIRE website (https://fire.northwestern.edu)

• The first FIRE paper [2]

• The FIRE-2 paper [3]

• The FIRE-3 paper [4]

• Using Globus to transfer data

• Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous

• Getting Started Using git

Using yt as alternative analysis software

• Quickstart to yt

• Loading FIRE (GIZMO) data: https://yt-project.org/doc/examining/...

Advanced analysis

• For making beautiful images: FIRE studio

• For interactive visualization of FIRE data: Firefly

• Examples of Firefly visualizations (like the video opener)

  • https://zhafen.github.io/CGM-origins-pathlines/