26 November 2024 | J. S. Bullock, T. S. Kolatt, Y. Sigad, R.S. Somerville, A. V. Kravtsov, A. A. Klypin, J. R. Primack, and A. Dekel
The paper investigates the density profiles of dark matter halos in a high-resolution N-body simulation of a $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, focusing on the evolution, scatter, and environmental dependence of these profiles. The study includes approximately 5000 halos with masses ranging from $10^{11} - 10^{14} h^{-1} M_{\odot}$, allowing for detailed analysis of subhalos within host halos. The profiles are parameterized using the NFW (Navarro, Frenk, & White) model, which relates the inner radius $r_{\mathrm{s}}$ and virial radius $R_{\mathrm{vir}}$ to the concentration parameter $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$. Key findings include:
1. **Redshift Dependence**: The median concentration $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$ scales inversely with redshift, $c_{\mathrm{vir}} \propto (1 + z)^{-1}$, indicating that high-redshift galaxies are more extended and dimmer than expected.
2. **Scatter in Profiles**: The scatter in halo profiles is significant, with a $1\sigma$ scatter in $\Delta(\log c_{\mathrm{vir}}) = 0.18$ at a given mass, corresponding to a scatter in maximum rotation velocities of $\Delta V_{\mathrm{max}} / V_{\mathrm{max}} = 0.12$. This scatter has implications for the Tully-Fisher relation.
3. **Environmental Dependence**: Subhaloes and haloes in dense environments tend to be more concentrated than isolated haloes, with larger scatter. These findings suggest that $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$ is crucial for galaxy modeling and have implications for the universality of the Tully-Fisher relation, the formation of low surface brightness galaxies, and the origin of the Hubble sequence.
The paper also presents an improved analytic treatment of halo formation, which fits the measured relations between halo parameters and their redshift dependence, providing a semi-analytic framework for studying galaxy formation.The paper investigates the density profiles of dark matter halos in a high-resolution N-body simulation of a $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, focusing on the evolution, scatter, and environmental dependence of these profiles. The study includes approximately 5000 halos with masses ranging from $10^{11} - 10^{14} h^{-1} M_{\odot}$, allowing for detailed analysis of subhalos within host halos. The profiles are parameterized using the NFW (Navarro, Frenk, & White) model, which relates the inner radius $r_{\mathrm{s}}$ and virial radius $R_{\mathrm{vir}}$ to the concentration parameter $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$. Key findings include:
1. **Redshift Dependence**: The median concentration $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$ scales inversely with redshift, $c_{\mathrm{vir}} \propto (1 + z)^{-1}$, indicating that high-redshift galaxies are more extended and dimmer than expected.
2. **Scatter in Profiles**: The scatter in halo profiles is significant, with a $1\sigma$ scatter in $\Delta(\log c_{\mathrm{vir}}) = 0.18$ at a given mass, corresponding to a scatter in maximum rotation velocities of $\Delta V_{\mathrm{max}} / V_{\mathrm{max}} = 0.12$. This scatter has implications for the Tully-Fisher relation.
3. **Environmental Dependence**: Subhaloes and haloes in dense environments tend to be more concentrated than isolated haloes, with larger scatter. These findings suggest that $c_{\mathrm{vir}}$ is crucial for galaxy modeling and have implications for the universality of the Tully-Fisher relation, the formation of low surface brightness galaxies, and the origin of the Hubble sequence.
The paper also presents an improved analytic treatment of halo formation, which fits the measured relations between halo parameters and their redshift dependence, providing a semi-analytic framework for studying galaxy formation.