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暖暗物质模型中的暗晕动力学

The Dynamics of Subhalos in Warm Dark Matter Models

Alexander Knebe, Bastian Arnold, Chris Power, Brad K. Gibson

摘要:

本文比较了冷暗物质(CDM)和暖暗物质(WDM)宇宙学中的子结构晕(subhalos)的性质。我们的研究集中在选定的属性,这些subhalos,即其各向异性的空间分布内的主机;存在的“backsplash”人口;年龄-距离关系;在何种程度上,他们遭受质量损失;和相对于主机的相对(下落)速度的分布。我们发现,在我们的WDM模型中的subhalos的数密度被抑制相对于CDM模型,正如我们所期望的。有趣的是,我们的分析表明,后溅subhalos存在于WDM和CDM模式。事实上,在CDM和WDM模型中,晕圈的空间分布在统计上没有显著差异。有证据表明,在WDM模型中的subhalos遭受增强的质量损失相对于他们的同行在CDM模型中,反映了他们较低的中心密度。我们还注意到,在WDM模型中的subhalos的(下降)速度的趋势是高于在CDM模型。然而,我们的结论是,观测测试的基础上的空间分布或运动学的subhalo人口不太可能帮助我们区分CDM模型和我们所采用的WDM模型。

英文摘要:

We present a comparison of the properties of substructure halos (subhalos) orbiting within host halos that form in Cold Dark Matter (CDM) and Warm Dark Matter (WDM) cosmologies. Our study focuses on selected properties of these subhalos, namely their anisotropic spatial distribution within the hosts; the existence of a "backsplash'' population; the age-distance relation; the degree to which they suffer mass loss; and the distribution of relative (infall) velocities with respect to the hosts. We find that the number density of subhalos in our WDM model is suppressed relative to that in the CDM model, as we would expect. Interestingly, our analysis reveals that backsplash subhalos exist in both the WDM and CDM models. Indeed, there are no statistically significant differences between the spatial distributions of subhalos in the CDM and WDM models. There is evidence that subhalos in the WDM model suffer enhanced mass loss relative to their counterparts in the CDM model, reflecting their lower central densities. We note also a tendency for the (infall) velocities of subhalos in the WDM model to be higher than in the CDM model. Nevertheless, we conclude that observational tests based on either the spatial distribution or the kinematics of the subhalo population are unlikely to help us to differentiate between the CDM model and our adopted WDM model.

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