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星系群生命中的化石阶段

The Fossil Phase in the Life of a Galaxy Group

Alexander M. von Benda-Beckmann, Elena D'Onghia, Stefan Gottloeber, Matthias Hoeft, Arman Khalatyan, Anatoly Klypin, Volker Mueller

摘要:

我们调查的起源和进化的化石群在一个和谐的LCDM宇宙学模拟。我们认为质量在$(1-5)\times10^{13} \hMsun$之间的晕,并研究导致形成最亮和第二亮组成员之间的巨大差距的物理机制,这是这些化石系统的典型特征。化石群被发现有很高的暗物质浓度,我们可以把这与它们的早期形成时间联系起来。大的星等间隙出现在星群已经积累了它们最终质量的一半之后,这是由于大质量的星群成员的合并。我们表明,化石系统的存在主要是由相对较早的大型卫星的下落,我们没有发现这些系统的强烈的环境依赖。此外,我们发现化石群卫星落在轨道上的初步证据,通常较低的角动量,这可能会导致更有效的合并到主机上。我们发现了一群具有较高红移的群体,它们经历了一个“化石阶段”:在这个阶段,它们表现出一个巨大的星等差距,这一差距被从它们的环境中重新注入而终止。

英文摘要:

We investigate the origin and evolution of fossil groups in a concordance LCDM cosmological simulation. We consider haloes with masses between $(1-5)\times10^{13} \hMsun$ and study the physical mechanisms that lead to the formation of the large gap in magnitude between the brightest and the second most bright group member, which is typical for these fossil systems. Fossil groups are found to have high dark matter concentrations, which we can relate to their early formation time. The large magnitude-gaps arise after the groups have build up half of their final mass, due to merging of massive group members. We show that the existence of fossil systems is primarily driven by the relatively early infall of massive satellites, and that we do not find a strong environmental dependence for these systems. In addition, we find tentative evidence for fossil group satellites falling in on orbits with typically lower angular momentum, which might lead to a more efficient merger onto the host. We find a population of groups at higher redshifts that go through a ``fossil phase'': a stage where they show a large magnitude-gap, which is terminated by renewed infall from their environment.

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