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卫星星系和宇宙细丝的排列:观测和模拟

The alignment of satellite galaxies and cosmic filaments: observations and simulations

E. Tempel, Q. Guo, R. Kipper, N. I. Libeskind

摘要:

卫星沿着巨大的宇宙细丝吸积到中央星系上,这是我们宇宙结构各向异性坍缩的明显结果。数值工作(基于N体模拟的引力动力学)表明,卫星沿着由速度剪切场印记的优选方向向主机发射。在这里,我们使用斯隆数字巡天观测测试这一说法。我们构建了3D的细丝和薄片,并研究了卫星星系的相对位置。卫星星系的位置与暗条轴在观测中存在着统计上显著的一致性。我们发现一个定性的兼容的路线,通过检查卫星和灯丝同样确定千年模拟,半分析星系目录。我们还研究了星系属性,如颜色,大小和(相对)卫星星等的对齐强度的依赖关系,发现最红,最亮的中央和卫星星系的对齐是最强的。我们的研究结果证实了宇宙网在卫星吸积中的理论图景和作用。此外,我们的研究结果表明,在更大的尺度上确定的细丝可以反映在卫星星系的位置,非常接近他们的主机。

英文摘要:

The accretion of satellites onto central galaxies along vast cosmic filaments is an apparent outcome of the anisotropic collapse of structure in our Universe. Numerical work (based on gravitational dynamics of N-body simulations) indicates that satellites are beamed towards hosts along preferred directions imprinted by the velocity shear field. Here we use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to observationally test this claim. We construct 3D filaments and sheets and examine the relative position of satellite galaxies. A statistically significant alignment between satellite galaxy position and filament axis in observations is confirmed. We find a qualitatively compatible alignments by examining satellites and filaments similarly identified in the Millennium simulation, semi-analytical galaxy catalogue. We also examine the dependence of the alignment strength on galaxy properties such as colour, magnitude and (relative) satellite magnitude, finding that the alignment is strongest for the reddest and brightest central and satellite galaxies. Our results confirm the theoretical picture and the role of the cosmic web in satellite accretion. Furthermore our results suggest that filaments identified on larger scales can be reflected in the positions of satellite galaxies that are quite close to their hosts.

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