ICC Datasets & Software

Major Databases

AuriGaia: Mock Gaia DR2 Stellar Catalogues

Full mock Gaia DR2 stellar catalogues constructed from the Auriga simulations. Catalogues are available in HDF5 format and can also be queried via the Millennium database web interface (table Grand2018a). A GitHub repository provides Python examples.

Grand et al. (2018), arXiv:1804.08549

The Millennium Database

Galaxy and halo catalogues from the Millennium Simulation and other recent Virgo Consortium simulations, accessible via an SQL web interface. A mirror is maintained at MPA Garching.

The Eagle Database

Galaxy catalogues from the EAGLE simulations in SQL database format, plus full simulation snapshots in HDF5 format available for download.

The Stellar Halo Database

Query interface for stellar halo mock catalogues from Lowing et al. (2014). Access does not require an account.

Datasets and Software from Published Papers

The table below lists datasets and software tools released in conjunction with ICC publications. For the full list maintained on the legacy site, see icc.dur.ac.uk/data/.

Year Author(s) Paper & Data
2026 Lu et al. The galaxy ultraviolet luminosity function from z=7 to 15 in the COLIBRE simulations
Data: high-redshift UVLFs (COLIBRE) · observational high-z UVLFs
2026 Lu et al. Galaxy luminosity functions from far-UV to submillimetre at z=0 in the COLIBRE simulations
Data: local luminosity functions (COLIBRE) · compiled observational local LFs
2025 Merrow et al. The lives and deaths of faint satellite galaxies around M31
Data: infall/pericentre catalogue (HDF5) · orbital parameters (CSV) · readme
2025 Moore et al. DESI DR2 Galaxy Luminosity Functions
Data: DESI BGS luminosity functions (North/South)
2024 Lu et al. A comparison of pre-existing ΛCDM predictions with the abundance of JWST galaxies at high redshift
Data: UVLFs_EvolFB.txt · UVLFs_STD.txt
2022 Smith et al. A lightcone catalogue from the Millennium-XXL simulation: improved spatial interpolation and colour distributions for the DESI BGS
Data: Millennium database (table Smith2022a)
2020 Alam et al. Testing the theory of gravity with DESI: estimators, predictions and simulation requirements
Data: HOD catalogues (tar.gz) · Millennium database (table Alam2020a)
2020 Robertson et al. The surprising accuracy of isothermal Jeans modelling of self-interacting dark matter density profiles
Data: model fits to simulated halos (zip)
2019 Genina et al. To beta or not to beta: can higher-order Jeans analysis break the mass-anisotropy degeneracy in simulated dwarfs?
Software: PyGravSphere (GitHub)
2018 Grand et al. Aurigaia: mock Gaia DR2 stellar catalogues from the Auriga cosmological simulations
Data: HDF5 catalogues · Millennium database (table Grand2018a) · Python examples (GitHub)
2017 Han et al. HBT+: an improved code to find subhalos and build merger trees
Software: HBT+ source code (GitHub)
2017 Smith et al. A Lightcone Catalogue from the Millennium-XXL Simulation
Data: Millennium database (table Smith2017a)
2017 Mateu et al. Predictions for the detection of tidal streams with Gaia using Great Circle Methods (MNRAS 469, 721)
Data: Gaia mock catalogues from Aquarius (tar)
2017 Cowley et al. Predictions for deep galaxy surveys with JWST from ΛCDM
Data: luminosity functions and Python code (tar.gz)
2016 Han et al. A unified model for the spatial and mass distribution of subhaloes (MNRAS 457, 1208)
Software: SubGen
2016 Han et al. The orbital PDF: general inference of the gravitational potential from steady-state tracers (MNRAS 456, 1003)
Software: oPDF
2015 Farrow et al. Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): projected galaxy clustering (MNRAS 454, 2120)
Data: clustering data (tgz) · colour clustering data (tgz)
2015 Lowing et al. Creating mock catalogues of stellar haloes from cosmological simulations (MNRAS 446, 2274)
Data: Stellar Halo database
2014 Mitchell et al. The evolution of the star forming sequence in hierarchical galaxy formation models (MNRAS 444, 2637)
Data: average sSFR for SFGs · main sequence fits
2013 Jenkins A new way of setting the phases for cosmological multiscale Gaussian initial conditions (MNRAS 434, 2094)
Software: Panphasia
2011 Cooper et al. The formation of shell galaxies similar to NGC 7600 in the cold dark matter cosmogony (ApJ 743, 21)
Media: shell galaxy formation videos
2008 Cole, Helly, Frenk & Parkinson The statistical properties of ΛCDM cold dark matter halo formation (MNRAS 383, 546)
Data: tabulated data and merger tree data
2008 Parkinson, Cole & Helly Generating dark matter halo merger trees (MNRAS 383, 557)
Code: merger tree building code
2008 Font et al. The colours of satellite galaxies in groups and clusters (MNRAS 389, 1619)
Data: Millennium database
2006 Bower et al. Breaking the hierarchy of galaxy formation (MNRAS 370, 645)
Data: Millennium database
2000 Cole et al. Hierarchical galaxy formation (MNRAS 319, 168)
Code: merger tree building code