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z=0时Illustris模拟中的星系形态和恒星形成

Galaxy Morphology and Star Formation in the Illustris Simulation at z=0

Gregory F. Snyder, Paul Torrey, Jennifer M. Lotz, Shy Genel, Cameron K. McBride, Mark Vogelsberger, Annalisa Pillepich, Dylan Nelson, Laura V. Sales, Debora Sij… 展开作者

Gregory F. Snyder, Paul Torrey, Jennifer M. Lotz, Shy Genel, Cameron K. McBride, Mark Vogelsberger, Annalisa Pillepich, Dylan Nelson, Laura V. Sales, Debora Sijacki, Lars Hernquist, Volker Springel

摘要:

我们研究了光学星系形态如何依赖于质量和恒星形成率(SFR)的Illustris模拟。为此,我们在z=0的10808个模拟星系中测量了自动星系结构,恒星质量为10^9.7 < M_*/M_sun < 10^12.3。我们添加观察现实主义的理想化的合成图像和测量非参数统计的休息帧光学和近红外图像从四个方向。我们发现,插画创造了一个形态多样的星系人口,占据观察到的隆起强度轨迹和再现中值形态的趋势与恒星质量,SFR,和紧凑性。形态学与旋转现实地相关,下面的分类方案提出了运动学调查。类型分数作为环境的函数与数据大致一致。这些结果意味着,质量,恒星形成和星系结构之间的连接自然产生的模型匹配全球恒星形成和晕占领功能时,用精确的方法模拟。这就提出了一个问题,即如何构建星系调查实验,以更好地区分模型。我们预测,在10^12 M太阳附近的固定晕质量,盘主导的星系比膨胀主导的星系有更高的恒星质量,一个可能的结果的插图反馈模型。在M_* ~ 10^11 M_sun的插画星系具有合理的大小分布,而在M_* ~ 10^10 M_sun的插画星系的半光半径比观测值大两倍。此外,在M_* ~ 10^10.5-10^11 M_sun,一个相关的部分的插画星系具有明显的“环状”特征,这样的亮像素具有异常宽的空间范围。

英文摘要:

We study how optical galaxy morphology depends on mass and star formation rate (SFR) in the Illustris Simulation. To do so, we measure automated galaxy structures in 10808 simulated galaxies at z=0 with stellar masses 10^9.7 < M_*/M_sun < 10^12.3. We add observational realism to idealized synthetic images and measure non-parametric statistics in rest-frame optical and near-IR images from four directions. We find that Illustris creates a morphologically diverse galaxy population, occupying the observed bulge strength locus and reproducing median morphology trends versus stellar mass, SFR, and compactness. Morphology correlates realistically with rotation, following classification schemes put forth by kinematic surveys. Type fractions as a function of environment agree roughly with data. These results imply that connections among mass, star formation, and galaxy structure arise naturally from models matching global star formation and halo occupation functions when simulated with accurate methods. This raises a question of how to construct experiments on galaxy surveys to better distinguish between models. We predict that at fixed halo mass near 10^12 M_sun, disc-dominated galaxies have higher stellar mass than bulge-dominated ones, a possible consequence of the Illustris feedback model. While Illustris galaxies at M_* ~ 10^11 M_sun have a reasonable size distribution, those at M_* ~ 10^10 M_sun have half-light radii larger than observed by a factor of two. Furthermore, at M_* ~ 10^10.5-10^11 M_sun, a relevant fraction of Illustris galaxies have distinct "ring-like" features, such that the bright pixels have an unusually wide spatial extent.

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