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精确宇宙学的晕质量函数:普适性的极限

Toward a halo mass function for precision cosmology: the limits of universality

Jeremy L Tinker, Andrey V Kravtsov, Anatoly Klypin, Kevork Abazajian, Michael S Warren, Gustavo Yepes, Stefan Gottlober, Daniel E Holz

摘要:

我们测量了一系列平坦LCDM宇宙学的无碰撞宇宙学模拟中暗物质晕的质量函数,并研究了它在z<2时的演化。晕被认为是孤立的密度峰,它们的质量是在一系列包围特定超密度的半径内测量的。我们认为,这些球形密度过大的群众更直接地联系到集群观测比群众使用的朋友的朋友算法(FOF),因此更适合准确的预测晕丰度。我们的模拟集允许我们校准z=0时的质量函数,维里质量范围为10^{11} Msol/h < M < 10^{15} Msol/h,<~ 5%。我们推导出拟合函数的晕质量函数在这个质量范围内的广泛的overdensities,无论是在z=0和更早的时代。除了这些公式,提高了10- 20%,以前的近似,我们的主要发现是,质量函数不能代表一个通用的拟合函数在这个精度水平。“万有”函数的振幅根据质量定义从z=0到2.5单调下降约20- 50%。我们还发现红移演化的整体形状的质量函数的证据。

英文摘要:

We measure the mass function of dark matter halos in a large set of collisionless cosmological simulations of flat LCDM cosmology and investigate its evolution at z<~2. Halos are identified as isolated density peaks, and their masses are measured within a series of radii enclosing specific overdensities. We argue that these spherical overdensity masses are more directly linked to cluster observables than masses measured using the friends-of-friends algorithm (FOF), and are therefore preferable for accurate forecasts of halo abundances. Our simulation set allows us to calibrate the mass function at z=0 for virial masses in the range 10^{11} Msol/h < M < 10^{15} Msol/h, to <~ 5%. We derive fitting functions for the halo mass function in this mass range for a wide range of overdensities, both at z=0 and earlier epochs. In addition to these formulae, which improve on previous approximations by 10-20%, our main finding is that the mass function cannot be represented by a universal fitting function at this level of accuracy. The amplitude of the "universal" function decreases monotonically by ~20-50%, depending on the mass definition, from z=0 to 2.5. We also find evidence for redshift evolution in the overall shape of the mass function.

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