Publications

95 refereed papers, including 24 as first author and 16 by students under my supervision (underlined below).
~ 5200 citations ; h-index = 42 ; i-10 index = 79

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Reviews (2)

Star clusters in evolving galaxies

F. Renaud

2018, New Astronomy Reviews (C. Clarke ed.), 87, 1

Tides in colliding galaxies

P.-A. Duc & F. Renaud

2013, in Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Lectures Notes in Physics, 861, 327

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Publications in refereed journals (95)

Starbursts hiding in the main sequence: a pathway toward quenching?

F. Renaud, K. Kraljic, J. Freundlich, B. Magnelli, M. Bethermin, C. Accard, D. Ismail, E. Daddi, D. Elbaz, L. Ciesla, G. Martin, Y. Dubois & S. Peirani

2026, OJA, submitted

Evaluating star formation rates at z = 5

D. Ismail, K. Kraljic, M. Bethermin, A.U. Kapoor, F. Renaud, C. Accard, J. Freundlich, S. Han, J.K. Jang, S. Jeon, T. Kimm, J. Rhee & S. Yi

2026, A&A, submitted

Deviations from the radial acceleration relation in the central galaxies of clusters, subclusters, and groups

M. Bílek, F. Renaud & S. Samurović

2026, A&A, accepted

The Nephele ecosystem: stars, globular clusters, and stellar streams associated with the progenitor galaxy of Omega Centauri

G. Pagnini, P. Di Matteo, M. Haywood, P. Bianchini, S. Ferrone, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, O. Agertz, S. Khoperskov, F. Renaud & N. Ryde

2026, A&A, accepted

Asymmetries in stellar streams induced by a galactic merger

C. Guillaume, F. Renaud, N. Martin, B. Famaey, P. Di Matteo, G. Thomas, S. Ferrone, R. Ibata & G. Pagnini

2026, A&A, 705, 6

Forming the local starburst galaxy Haro 11 through hydrodynamical merger simulation

T. Ejdetjarn, O. Agertz, F. Renaud, G. Östin, A. Le Reste & A. Adamo

2025, MNRAS, 543, 3849

The ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST survey: spatially resolved star formation relations at z=5

C. Accard, M. Bethermin, M. Boquien, V. Buat, L. Vallini, F. Renaud, K. Kraljic, D. Ismail, M. Aravena, P. Cassata, E. da Cunha, P. Dam, I. de Looze, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, A. Faisst, Y. Fudamoto, C. Ginolfi, C. Gruppioni, R. Herrera-Camus, H. Inami, A. M. Koekemoer, B. Lemaux, J. Li, Y. Li, B. Mobasher, J. Molina, A. Nanni, M. Palla, F. Pozzi, M. Relano, M. Romano, P. Sawant, J. Spilker, A. Tsujita, E. Veraldi, V. Villanueva, W. Wang & G. Zamorani

2025, A&A, 702, 206

SQ-A: A collision triggered starburst in intra-group medium of Stephan's Quintet

C. K. Xu, C. Cheng, M. Yun, P. Appleton, B. Emonts, J. Braine, S. Gallagher, P. Guillard, U. Lisenfeld, E. O’Sullivan, F. Renaud, P. Aromal, P.-A. Duc, A. Labiano & A. Togi

2025, ApJ, 991, 197

Simulating nearby disc galaxies on the main star formation sequence. II. The gas structure transition in low- and high-stellar mass discs

P. Verwilghen, E. Emsellem, F. Renaud, O. Agertz, M. Valentini, A. Fraser-McKelvie, S. Meidt, J. Neumann, E. Schinnerer, R. Klessen, S. Glover, A. Barnes, D. Dale, D. Gleis, R. Smith, S. Stuber & T. Williams

2025, A&A, 700, 3

Cosmic evolution of the star formation efficiency in Milky Way-like galaxies

A. Segovia Otero, O. Agertz, F. Renaud, K. Kraljic, A. Romeo & V. Semenov

2025, MNRAS, 538, 2646

Pearls on a string: Dark and bright galaxies on a strikingly straight and narrow filament

A. Arabsalmani, S. Roychowdhury, B. Schneider, V. Springel, E. Le Floc'h, F. Bournaud, A. Burkert, J.-C. Cuillandre, P.-A. Duc, E. Emsellem, D. Galárraga-Espinosa, E. Pian, F. Renaud & M. Zwaan

2025, ApJL, 980, 2

Origins Cluster (English)

Effects of secular growth and mergers on the evolution of metallicity gradients and azimuthal variations in a Milky Way-like galaxy

F. Renaud, B. Ratcliffe, I. Minchev, M. Haywood, P. Di Matteo, O. Agertz & A. Romeo

2025, A&A, 694, 56

Abundance ties: Nephele and the globular cluster population accreted with Omega Cen, Based on APOGEE DR17 and Gaia EDR3

G. Pagnini, P. Di Matteo, M. Haywood, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, F. Renaud, M. Mondelin, O. Agertz, P. Bianchini, L. Casamiquela, S. Khoperskov & N. Ryde

2025, A&A, 693, 155

The origin of the Halpha line profiles in simulated disc galaxies

T. Ejdetjarn, O. Agertz, G. Östin, M. Rey & F. Renaud

2024, MNRAS, 534, 135

From giant clumps to clouds IV: Extreme star-forming clumps on top of universal cloud scaling relations in gas-rich galaxies

F. Renaud, O. Agertz & A. Romeo

2024, A&A, 687, 91

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Simulating nearby disc galaxies on the main star formation sequence, I. Bar formation and building of the central gas reservoir

P. Verwilghen, E. Emsellem, F. Renaud, M. Valentini, J. Sun, S. Jeffreson, R. Klessen, M. Sormani, A. Barnes, K. Dolag, K. Grasha, F.-H. Liang, S. Meidt, J. Neumann, M. Querejeta, E. Schinnerer & T. Williams

2024, A&A, 687, 53

Charting the Galactic acceleration field, II. A global mass model of the Milky Way from the STREAMFINDER Atlas of Stellar Streams detected in Gaia DR3

R. Ibata, K. Malhan, W. Tenachi, A. Arentsen, M. Bellazzini, P. Bianchini, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, F. Diakogiannis, R. Errani, B. Famaey, S. Ferrone, N. Martin, P. Matteo, G. Monari, F. Renaud, E. Starkenburg, G. Thomas, A. Viswanathan & Z. Yuan

2024, ApJ, 967, 89

Imprint of the galactic acceleration scale on globular cluster systems II: extending the sample by Fornax Cluster galaxies

M. Bílek, M. Hilker, F. Renaud, T. Richtler, A. Chaturvedi & S. Samurović

2024, A&A, 682, 111

VINTERGATAN-GM: How long do mergers affect the satellite populations of MW-like galaxies?

G. Joshi, A. Pontzen, O. Agertz, M. Rey, J. Read & F. Renaud

2024, MNRAS, 528, 2346

Emergence and cosmic evolution of the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation driven by interstellar turbulence

K. Kraljic, F. Renaud, Y. Dubois, C. Pichon, O. Agetz, E. Andersson, J. Devriendt, J. Freundlich, S. Kaviraj, T. Kimm, G. Martin, S. Peirani, A. Segovia Otero, M. Volonteri & S. Yi

2024, A&A, 682, 50

Pre-supernovae feedback sets the star cluster mass function to a power-law and reduces the cluster formation efficiency

E. Andersson, M.-M. Mac Low, O. Agertz, F. Renaud & H. Li

2024, A&A, 681, 28

FAST deep mapping of HI emission in intra-group medium of Stephan's Quintet

C. Cheng, C. Xu, P. Appleton, P.-A. Duc, Y. Tang, Y. Dai, J. Huang, U. Lisenfeld, F. Renaud, C. He & H.-C. Feng

2023, ApJ, 954, 74

The distribution of globular clusters in kinematic spaces does not trace the accretion history of the host galaxy

G. Pagnini, P. Di Matteo, S. Khoperskhov, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, M. Haywood, F. Renaud & F. Combes

2023, A&A, 673, 86

INFERNO: Galactic winds in dwarf galaxies with star-by-star simulations including runaway stars

E. Andersson, O. Agertz, F. Renaud & R. Teyssier

2023, MNRAS, 521, 2196

VINTERGATAN-GM: The cosmological imprints of early mergers on Milky-Way-mass galaxies

M. Rey, O. Agertz, T. Starkenburg, F. Renaud, G. Joshi, A. Pontzen, N. Martin, D. Feuillet & J. Read

2023, MNRAS, 521, 995

Detailed alpha abundance trends in the inner Galactic bulge

N. Nieuwmunster, G. Nandakumar, E. Spitoni, N. Ryde, M. Schultheis, R. M. Rich, P. S. Barklem, O. Agertz, F. Renaud & F. Matteucci

2023, ApJ, 671, 94

PHANGS-JWST first results: Rapid evolution of star formation in the central molecular gas ring of NGC1365

E. Schinnerer, E. Emsellem, J. Henshaw, D. Liu, S. Meidt, M. Querejeta, F. Renaud, M. Sormani, J. Sun, O. Egorov, K. Larson, A. Leroy, E. Rosolowsky, K. Sandstrom, T. Williams, A. Barnes, F. Bigiel, M. Chevance, Y. Cao, R. Chandar & et al.

2023, ApJ, 944, 15

PHANGS-JWST first results: Multi-wavelength view of feedback-driven bubbles (the phantom voids) across NGC 628

A. Barnes et al. (including F. Renaud)

2023, ApJ, 944, 22

From starburst to quenching: merger-driven evolution of the star formation regimes in a shell galaxy

J. Petersson, F. Renaud, O. Agertz, A. Dekel & P.-A. Duc

2023, MNRAS, 518, 3251

The specific angular momentum of disc galaxies and its connection with galaxy morphology, bar structure and disc gravitational instability

A. Romeo, O. Agertz & F. Renaud

2023, MNRAS, 518, 1002

A 0.6 Mpc diffuse HI structure associated with Stephan's Quintet

C. Xu, C. Cheng, P. Appleton, P.-A. Duc, Y. Gao, N. Tang, M. Yun, Y. Dai, J. Huang, U. Lisenfeld & F. Renaud

2022, Nature, 610, 461

The merger-starburst connection across cosmic times

F. Renaud, A. Segovia Otero & O. Agertz

2022, MNRAS, 516, 4922

VINTERGATAN IV: Cosmic phases of star formation in Milky Way-like galaxies

A. Segovia Otero, F. Renaud & O. Agertz

2022, MNRAS, 516, 2272

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Stellar feedback in M83 as observed with MUSE II. Analysis of the Hii region population: ionisation budget and pre-SN feedback

L. Della Bruna, A. Adamo, A. McLeod, L. Smith, G. Savard, C. Robert, J. Sun, P. Amram, A. Bik, W. Blair, K. Long, F. Renaud, R. Walterbos & C. Usher

2022, A&A, 666, 29

Unusual gas structure in an otherwise normal spiral galaxy hosting GRB 171205A / SN 2017iuk

M. Arabsalmani, S. Roychowdhury, F. Renaud, A. Burkert, E. Emsellem, E. Le Floc'h & E. Pian

2022, AJ, 164, 69

From giant clumps to clouds - III. The connection between star formation and turbulence in the ISM

T. Ejdetjarn, O. Agertz, G. Östin, F. Renaud & A. Romeo

2022, MNRAS, 514, 480

EDGE: The sensitivity of ultra-faint dwarfs to a metallicity-dependent initial mass function

M. Prgomet, M. Rey, E. Andersson, A. Segovia Otero, O. Agertz, F. Renaud, A. Pontzen & J. Read

2022, MNRAS, 513, 2326

Stellar feedback in M83 as observed with MUSE I. Overview, an unprecedented view of the stellar and gas kinematics and evidence for outflowing gas

L. Della Bruna, A. Adamo, P. Amram, E. Rosolowsky, C. Usher, M. Sirressi, A. Schruba, E. Emsellem, A. Leroy, A. Bik, W. Blair, A. McLeod, G. Ostlin, F. Renaud, C. Robert, L. Rosseau-Nepton & L. Smith

2022, A&A, 660, 77

From giant clumps to clouds - II. The emergence of thick disc kinematics from the conditions of star formation in high redshift gas rich galaxies

F. van Donkelaar, O. Agertz & F. Renaud

2022, MNRAS, 512, 3806

From giant clumps to clouds I: the impact of gas fraction evolution on the stability of galactic discs

F. Renaud, A. Romeo & O. Agertz

2021, MNRAS, 508, 352

NOEMA observations of CO emission in Arp 142 and Arp 238

C. K. Xu, U. Lisenfeld, Y. Gao & F. Renaud

2021, ApJ, 918, 55

Charting the Galactic acceleration field I. A search for stellar streams with Gaia DR2 and EDR3 with follow-up from ESPaDOnS and UVES

R. Ibata, K. Malhan, N. Martin, D. Aubert, B. Famaey, P. Bianchini, G. Monari, A. Siebert, G. Thomas, M. Bellazzini, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau & F. Renaud

2021, ApJ, 914, 123

VINTERGATAN III: how to reset the metallicity of the Milky Way

F. Renaud, O. Agertz, E. Andersson, J. Read, N. Ryde, T. Bensby, M. Rey & D. Feuillet

2021, MNRAS, 503, 5868

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Lund Univeristy (English)

VINTERGATAN II: the history of the Milky Way told by its mergers

F. Renaud, O. Agertz, J. Read, N. Ryde, E. Andersson, T. Bensby, M. Rey & D. Feuillet

2021, MNRAS, 503, 5846

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Lund Univeristy (English)

VINTERGATAN I: The origins of chemically, kinematically and structurally distinct discs in a simulated Milky Way-mass galaxy

O. Agertz, F. Renaud, S. Feltzing, J. Read, N. Ryde, E. Andersson, M. Rey, T. Bensby & D. Feuillet

2021, MNRAS, 503, 5826

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Lund Univeristy (English)

Runaway stars masquerading as star formation in galactic outskirts

E. Andersson, F. Renaud & O. Agertz

2020, MNRAS Letters, 502, 29

Lund University (Swedish)

Science News (English)

From lenticulars to blue compact dwarfs: the stellar mass fraction is regulated by disc gravitational instability

A. Romeo, O. Agertz & F. Renaud

2020, MNRAS, 499, 5656

Local starburst conditions and formation of GRB 980425 / SN 1998bw within a collisional ring

M. Arabsalmani, F. Renaud, S. Roychowdhury, V. Arumugam, E. Le Floc'h, F. Bournaud, D. Cormier, M. A. Zwaan, L. Christensen, E. Pian, S. Madden & A. Levan

2020, ApJ, 882, 31

How runaway stars boost galactic outflows

E. Andersson, O. Agertz & F. Renaud

2020, MNRAS, 494, 3328

Detailed abundances in the Nuclear Star Cluster: Evidence of a metal-rich alpha-enhanced stellar population

B. Thorsbro, N. Ryde, R. M. Rich, M. Schultheis, F. Renaud, E. Spitoni, T. K. Fritz, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, L. Origlia, F. Matteucci & R. Schoedel

2020, ApJ, 894, 26

Imprint of the galactic acceleration scale on globular cluster systems

M. Bílek, S. Samurović & F. Renaud

2019, A&A letters, 629, 5

Massive star cluster formation and evolution in tidal dwarf galaxies

J. Fensch, P.-A. Duc, M. Boquien, D. Elmegreen, B. Elmegreen, F. Bournaud, E. Brinks, R. de Grijs, F. Lelli, F. Renaud & P. Weilbacher

2019, A&A, 628, 60

A superluminous supernova in high surface density molecular gas within the bar of a metal-rich galaxy

M. Arabsalmani, S. Roychowdhury, F. Renaud, D. Cormier, E. Le Floc'h, E. Emsellem, D. Perley, M. Zwaan, F. Bournaud, V. Arumugam & P. Moller

2019, ApJ, 882, 31

The nature of damped HI absorbers probed by cosmological simulations: satellite accretion and outflows

N. H. Pehlivan Rhodin, O. Agertz, L. Christensen, F. Renaud & J. Fynbo

2019, MNRAS, 488, 3634

On the observed diversity of star formation efficiency in giant molecular clouds

K. Grisdale, O. Agertz, F. Renaud, A. Romeo, J. Devriendt & A. Slyz

2019, MNRAS, 486, 5482

4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

de Jong et al. (including F. Renaud)

2019, The Messenger, 175, 3

A diversity of starburst-triggering mechanisms in interacting galaxies and their signatures in CO emission

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, O. Agertz, K. Kraljic, E. Schinnerer, A. Bolatto, E. Daddi & A. Hughes

2019, A&A, 625, 65

Supernovae feedback propagation: the role of turbulence

L. Ohlin, F. Renaud & O. Agertz

2019, MNRAS, 485, 3887

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A study of gravitational fields and globular cluster systems of early type galaxies

M. Bílek, S. Samurović & F. Renaud

2019, A&A, 625, 32

Three regimes of CO emission in galaxy mergers

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, E. Daddi & A. Weiss

2019, A&A, 621, 104

Two orders of magnitude variation in the star formation efficiency across the pre-merger galaxy NGC 2276

N. Tomičić, A. Hughes, K. Kreckel, F. Renaud, E. Schinnerer, T. Saito, M. Querejeta, C. Faesi, J. Pety & S. Garcia-Burillo

2018, ApJL, 869, 38

Physical properties and scaling relations of molecular clouds: the effect of stellar feedback

K. Grisdale, O. Agertz, F. Renaud & A. Romeo

2018, MNRAS, 479, 3167

Impact of radiation feedback on the assembly of star clusters in galactic context

N. Guillard, E. Emsellem & F. Renaud

2018, MNRAS, 477, 5001

Revisiting Stephan's Quintet with deep optical images

P.-A. Duc, J.-C. Cuillandre & F. Renaud

2018, MNRAS Letters, 475, 40

Lund University (Swedish)

CNRS (French)

CEA (French)

CFHT (English)

Morphology and enhanced star formation in a Cartwheel-like galaxy

F. Renaud, E. Athanassoula, P. Amram, A. Bosma, F. Bournaud, P.-A. Duc, B. Epinat, J. Fensch, K. Kraljic, V. Perret & C. Struck

2018, MNRAS, 473, 585

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Stellar streams as gravitational experiments. II Asymmetric tails of globular clusters streams

G. Thomas, B. Famaey, R. Ibata, F. Renaud, N. Martin & P. Kroupa

2018, A&A, 609, 44

The impact of stellar feedback on the density and velocity structure of the interstellar medium

K. Grisdale, O. Agertz, A. Romeo, F. Renaud & J. Read

2017, MNRAS, 466, 1093

The origin of the Milky Way globular clusters

F. Renaud, O. Agertz & M. Gieles

2017, MNRAS, 465, 3622

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High-redshift major mergers weakly enhance star formation

J. Fensch, F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, P.-A. Duc, O. Agertz, P. Amram, F. Combes, P. Di Matteo, B. Elmegreen, E. Emsellem, C. J. Jog, V. Perret, C. Struck & R. Teyssier

2016, MNRAS, 465, 1934

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Star formation triggered by modified gravity in interacting galaxies

F. Renaud, B. Famaey & P. Kroupa

2016, MNRAS, 463, 3637

If it does not kill them, it makes them stronger: collisional evolution of star clusters with tidal shocks

M. Gieles & F. Renaud

2016, MNRAS Letters, 463, 103

New insights on the formation of nuclear star clusters

N. Guillard, E. Emsellem & F. Renaud

2016, MNRAS, 461, 3620

Environmental regulation of cloud and star formation in galactic bars

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, E. Emsellem, O. Agertz, E. Athanassoula, F. Combes, B. Elmegreen, K. Kraljic, F. Motte & R. Teyssier

2015, MNRAS, 454, 3299

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An extremely young massive clump forming by gravitational collapse in a primordial galaxy

A. Zanella, E. Daddi, E. Le Floc'h, F. Bournaud, R. Gobat, F. Valentino, V. Strazzullo, A. Cibinel, M. Onodera, V. Perret, F. Renaud & C. Vignali

2015, Nature, 521, 54

CNRS (French)

CEA (French)

Subaru Telescope (English)

Universita di Bologna (Italian)

Incorrect rotation curve of the Milky Way

L. Chemin, F. Renaud & C. Soubiran

2015, A&A, 578, 14

The effect of secular galactic growth on the evolution of star clusters

F. Renaud & M. Gieles

2015, MNRAS, 449, 2734

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A flexible method to evolve collisional systems and their tidal debris in external potentials

F. Renaud & M. Gieles

2015, MNRAS, 448, 3416

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Large and small-scale structures and the dust energy balance problem in spiral galaxies

W. Saftly, M. Baes, G. De Geyter, P. Camps, F. Renaud, J. Guedes & I. De Looze

2015, A&A, 576, 31

A&A cover page

Modelling CO emission from hydrodynamic simulations of nearby spirals, starbursting mergers, and high-redshift galaxies

F. Bournaud, E. Daddi, A. Weiss, F. Renaud, C. Mastropietro & R. Teyssier

2015, A&A, 575, 56

The inefficiency of satellite accretion in forming extended star clusters

P. Bianchini, F. Renaud, M. Gieles & A.-L. Varri

2015, MNRAS Letters, 447, 40

The interplay between a galactic bar and a supermassive black hole: nuclear fueling in a sub-parsec resolution galaxy simulation

E. Emsellem, F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, B. Elmegreen, F. Combes & J. Gabor

2015, MNRAS, 446, 2468

A parsec-resolution simulation of the Antennae galaxies: Formation of star clusters during the merger

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud & P.-A. Duc

2015, MNRAS, 446, 2038

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Starbursts triggered by inter-galactic tides and interstellar compressive turbulence

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, K. Kraljic & P.-A. Duc

2014, MNRAS Letters, 442, 33

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Royal Astronomical Society (English)

CNRS International Magazine (English)

CNRS (French)

CEA (French)

Cosmic Kingdom (YouTube, English and Spanish)

Dossier dans La Recherche Janvier 2016 (French)

Prix "La Recherche" 2015

The role of turbulence in star formation laws and thresholds

K. Kraljic, F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, F. Combes, B. Elmegreen, E. Emsellem & R. Teyssier

2014, ApJ, 784, 112

Evolution of the mass, size, and star formation rate in high-redshift galaxies: MIRAGe - A new sample of simulations with detailed stellar feedback

V. Perret, F. Renaud, B. Epinat, P. Amram, F. Bournaud, T. Contini & R. Teyssier

2014, A&A, 562, 1

The long lives of giant clumps and the birth of outflows in gas-rich galaxies at high redshift

F. Bournaud, V. Perret, F. Renaud, A. Dekel, B. Elmegreen, D. Elmegreen, R. Teyssier, P. Amram, E. Daddi, P.-A. Duc, D. Elbaz, B. Epinat, J. Gabor, S. Juneau, K. Kraljic & E. Le Floch'

2014, ApJ, 780, 57

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A subparsec resolution simulation of the Milky Way: Global structure of the ISM and properties of molecular clouds

F. Renaud, F. Bournaud, E. Emsellem, B. Elmegreen, R. Teyssier, J. Alves, D. Chapon, F. Combes, A. Dekel, J. Gabor, P. Hennebelle & K. Kraljic

2013, MNRAS, 436, 1836

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CEA (French)

The role of galaxy mergers on the evolution of star clusters

F. Renaud & M. Gieles

2013, MNRAS Letters, 431, L83

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