Dwarfs Structural Properties: Feedback and Environmental Effects
Reproducing the properties
of dwarf galaxies in the field but also as satellites of larger objects often challenges our models of galaxy formation within LCDM. For instance, observations of gas rich dwarfs indicate that they outline a very
tight Baryonic Tully Fisher relation despite the large degree of stochasticity
apparently needed in their evolution to explain their number density and --arguably-- structure. The formation of gas poor dwarfs is also intriguing, with theoretical models
historically
overpredicting the fraction of red satellites around isolated hosts by factors
of a few. I will present results from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations that shed
light onto such issues, emphasizing the role of stellar feedback and environmental effects in shaping the evolution of today's dwarf galaxy population.