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用重子擦除宇宙学星系晕中的暗物质尖

Erasing Dark Matter Cusps in Cosmological Galactic Halos with Baryons

Emilio Romano-Diaz, Isaac Shlosman, Yehuda Hoffman, Clayton Heller

摘要:

研究了宇宙学星系晕中的中心暗物质尖点演化。在相同的初始条件下,提出了含重子和不含重子的模型(重子+DM,以下简称BDM模型和纯DM,PDM模型)。直接比较纯DM和重子模型的DM尖点属性进行对比。我们发现,PDM和BDM模型之间的发散演化内~10 kpc区域。PDM模型如预期那样形成R^{-1}尖点,而BDM模型中的DM形成更大的等温尖点R^{-2}。等温尖点在z~1之前是稳定的,此时它逐渐趋于平稳。这种整平从内到外进行,并且最终密度斜率在中心3 kpc内小于-1(即,R^{-1}尖点的预期大小),在约2 kpc内趋向于扁平核心。这种效应不能用我们的代码的有限分辨率来解释,该代码在距离中心1 kpc的点质量的引力软化力和精确的牛顿力之间仅产生5%的差异。它与恒星演化的能量反馈或来自棒的角动量转移无关。相反,它可以与DM+重子subhalos通过动力学摩擦加热尖点区域并迫使尖点中的DM流出和“冷却”下来的行为相关联。这里描述的过程不限于低z,并且在中等甚至高z下可以是有效的。

英文摘要:

We study the central dark matter (DM) cusp evolution in cosmological galactic halos. Models with and without baryons (baryons+DM, hereafter BDM model, and pure DM, PDM model, respectively) are advanced from identical initial conditions. The DM cusp properties are contrasted by a direct comparison of pure DM and baryonic models. We find a divergent evolution between the PDM and BDM models within the inner ~10 kpc region. The PDM model forms a R^{-1} cusp as expected, while the DM in the BDM model forms a larger isothermal cusp R^{-2} instead. The isothermal cusp is stable until z~1 when it gradually levels off. This leveling proceeds from inside out and the final density slope is shallower than -1 within the central 3 kpc (i.e., expected size of the R^{-1} cusp), tending to a flat core within ~2 kpc. This effect cannot be explained by a finite resolution of our code which produces only a 5% difference between the gravitationally softened force and the exact Newtonian force of point masses at 1 kpc from the center. Neither is it related to the energy feedback from stellar evolution or angular momentum transfer from the bar. Instead it can be associated with the action of DM+baryon subhalos heating up the cusp region via dynamical friction and forcing the DM in the cusp to flow out and to `cool' down. The process described here is not limited to low z and can be efficient at intermediate and even high z.

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