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LCDM宇宙中宇宙空洞的结构

The structure of cosmic voids in a LCDM Universe

E. Ricciardelli, V. Quilis, S. Planelles

摘要:

欧拉宇宙学代码特别适合于正确描述低密度区域。这一特性使得这类代码成为研究宇宙空洞形成和演化的绝佳工具。按照这样的想法,我们提出了一个欧拉自适应网格细化(AMR)流体动力学和N体模拟,与通常的做法相反,已被设计为细化计算网格中的undergense区域的模拟量的结果。因此,由于数值技术的欧拉特征和AMR方法的高数值分辨率的使用的组合效应,空隙区域被更好地描述。为了分析这个模拟的结果,我们已经构建了一个新的空洞发现者最适合找到AMR模拟中的空洞层次。该算法从具有最小密度和最高速度发散的单元开始识别空隙,然后扩展欠密体积直到到达空隙壁,由密度梯度的陡度定义。在红移z=0时,在一个同动边长为100 Mpc/h的宇宙学盒子中,我们发现了数百个大小高达17 Mpc/h的空洞,典型的密度对比度为-0.8,它们显示出复杂的形态和复杂的嵌套结构层次。分析其质量密度分布导致的结论是,一个普遍的密度分布可以适用于任何大小,密度,形态和红移的空隙。

英文摘要:

Eulerian cosmological codes are especially suited to properly describe the low density regions. This property makes this class of codes excellent tools to study the formation and evolution of cosmic voids. Following such ideas, we present the results of an Eulerian adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) hydrodynamical and N-body simulation, that contrary to the common practice, has been designed to refine the computational grid in the underdense regions of the simulated volume. Thus, the void regions are better described due to the combined effect of the Eulerian character of the numerical technique and the use of high numerical resolution from the AMR approach. To analyse the outcome of this simulation, we have constructed a new void finder optimally suited to find the hierarchy of voids in AMR simulations. The algorithm identifies voids starting from the cells with least density and highest velocity divergence and then expanding the underdense volume until reaching the void walls, defined from the steepness of the density gradient. At redshift z=0, in a cosmological box of comoving side length 100 Mpc/h, we identify hundreds of voids with sizes up to 17 Mpc/h and typical density contrast of -0.8, which show a complex morphology and an intricate hierarchy of nested structures. The analysis of their mass density profile leads to the conclusion that a universal density profile can be applied to voids of any size, density, morphology and redshift.

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