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质量晕并合中暗物质相空间密度分布的演化

Evolution of Dark Matter Phase-Space Density Distributions in Equal-Mass Halo Mergers

Ileana M. Vass, Stelios Kazantzidis, Monica Valluri, Andrey V. Kravtsov

摘要:

我们使用无耗散N体模拟来研究暗物质(DM)晕之间等质量合并中真实粗粒相空间密度分布f(x,v)的演化。晕模型的构造与各种渐近幂律指数范围从陡峭的尖点到核心状的配置文件,我们采用相空间密度估计''恩比''开发的夏尔马和斯坦梅茨计算f(x,v)。所采用的力分辨率允许在模拟系统的维里半径的内部~1%内进行稳健的相空间密度分布估计。我们确认,合并的结果,在粗粒相空间密度的减少,按照预期的混合定理碰撞系统。我们表明,相同的DM晕之间的二进制合并产生的残余物,保留良好的记忆的内部斜坡和整体形状的相空间密度分布的祖先。相空间密度分布的鲁棒性适用于一系列轨道能量,以及各种遭遇配置,包括几个连续合并事件的序列,旨在模仿分层合并,以及发生在不同宇宙学时期的碰撞。如果祖晕构造有明显不同的渐近幂律指数,我们发现,内部的斜率和整体形状的相空间密度分布的残留物基本上更接近的初始系统与最陡峭的中心密度尖点。这些结果明确地表明,混合是不完全的DM晕之间的等质量合并,因为它不擦除的祖属性的记忆。我们的结果也证实了Dehnen(2005)最近关于合并自引力中心密度尖点的分析预测。

英文摘要:

We use dissipationless N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of the true coarse-grained phase-space density distribution f(x,v) in equal-mass mergers between dark matter (DM) halos. The halo models are constructed with various asymptotic power-law indices ranging from steep cusps to core-like profiles and we employ the phase-space density estimator ``Enbid'' developed by Sharma & Steinmetz to compute f(x,v). The adopted force resolution allows robust phase-space density profile estimates in the inner ~1% of the virial radii of the simulated systems. We confirm that mergers result in a decrease of the coarse-grained phase-space density in accordance with expectations from Mixing Theorems for collisionless systems. We demonstrate that binary mergers between identical DM halos produce remnants that retain excellent memories of the inner slopes and overall shapes of the phase-space density distribution of their progenitors. The robustness of the phase-space density profiles holds for a range of orbital energies, and a variety of encounter configurations including sequences of several consecutive merger events, designed to mimic hierarchical merging, and collisions occurring at different cosmological epochs. If the progenitor halos are constructed with appreciably different asymptotic power-law indices, we find that the inner slope and overall shape of the phase-space density distribution of the remnant are substantially closer to that of the initial system with the steepest central density cusp. These results explicitly demonstrate that mixing is incomplete in equal-mass mergers between DM halos, as it does not erase memory of the progenitor properties. Our results also confirm the recent analytical predictions of Dehnen (2005) regarding the preservation of merging self-gravitating central density cusps.

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