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星系形成模型的简并

The Degeneracy of Galaxy Formation Models

Eyal Neistein, Simone M. Weinmann

摘要:

我们开发了一个新的形式主义的层次宇宙中的星系的形成和演化建模。类似于标准的半解析模型,我们跟踪暗物质合并树内的星系。形式主义包括治疗反馈,恒星形成,冷却,顺利吸积,在卫星星系的气体剥离,并合并引起的恒星爆发。然而,与其他模型不同的是,每个过程被假定为具有仅取决于宿主晕质量和红移的效率。这使我们能够以简单而透明的方式描述模型的各个组件。通过允许效率对于给定的晕质量和红移具有任何值,我们可以容易地包含大范围的场景。为了证明这一点,我们研究了几种不同的星系形成模型,这些模型都与观测数据相一致。每一个模型都具有不同的独特功能:低质量晕中的冷吸积、零反馈、恒星只在合并引起的爆发中形成以及合并后恒星形成的停止。使用这些模型,我们能够检查固有的星系形成模型的简并性,并寻找观测数据,将有助于打破这种简并性。我们表明,在一个给定的恒星质量箱的恒星形成率的全分布是有希望的约束模型。我们比较我们的方法详细的半分析模型的德露西亚和布莱佐。它表明,我们的形式主义是能够产生一个非常相似的人口的星系,一旦相同的中位效率每晕质量和红移正在使用。我们在我们的网页上提供了一个公开版本的星系模型,以及一个用于运行用户自定义参数的模型的工具。我们的模型能够在几秒钟内提供62.5 h^{-1} Mpc箱的结果。

英文摘要:

We develop a new formalism for modeling the formation and evolution of galaxies within a hierarchical universe. Similarly to standard semi-analytical models we trace galaxies inside dark-matter merger-trees. The formalism includes treatment of feedback, star-formation, cooling, smooth accretion, gas stripping in satellite galaxies, and merger-induced star bursts. However, unlike in other models, each process is assumed to have an efficiency which depends only on the host halo mass and redshift. This allows us to describe the various components of the model in a simple and transparent way. By allowing the efficiencies to have any value for a given halo mass and redshift, we can easily encompass a large range of scenarios. To demonstrate this point, we examine several different galaxy formation models, which are all consistent with the observational data. Each model is characterized by a different unique feature: cold accretion in low mass haloes, zero feedback, stars formed only in merger-induced bursts, and shutdown of star-formation after mergers. Using these models we are able to examine the degeneracy inherent in galaxy formation models, and look for observational data that will help to break this degeneracy. We show that the full distribution of star-formation rates in a given stellar mass bin is promising in constraining the models. We compare our approach in detail to the semi-analytical model of De Lucia & Blaizot. It is shown that our formalism is able to produce a very similar population of galaxies once the same median efficiencies per halo mass and redshift are being used. We provide a public version of the model galaxies on our web-page, along with a tool for running models with user-defined parameters. Our model is able to provide results for a 62.5 h^{-1} Mpc box within just a few seconds.

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