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恒星质量-晕质量关系中星系的分级生长和散射

Hierarchical Galaxy Growth and Scatter in the Stellar Mass - Halo Mass Relation

Meng Gu, Charlie Conroy, Peter Behroozi

摘要:

星系和暗物质晕之间的关系反映了许多不同物理过程的综合效应。观测结果表明,$z=0$恒星质量晕质量(SMHM)的关系有非常小的恒星质量的分散在固定的晕质量($\lesssim$ 0.2 dex)与晕质量的依赖性很小。我们调查的起源,这种分散相结合的N-体模拟与观测约束的SMHM关系。我们发现,在组和集群规模($M_{\rm vir}>10^{14}{M_\odot}$)的分散,由于纯粹的层次组装是$\approx0.16$ dex,这是最近的直接观测估计。在较低质量下,由于$z\approx2$的质量累积主要由原位生长驱动。我们包括一个模型的恒星质量的原位建设,并发现在这个增长通道的$0.2$ dex的内在散射产生的散射和晕质量之间的关系是一致的观测从$10^{12}{M_\odot}<M_{\rm vir}<10^{14.75}{M_\odot}$。因此,在$z=0$处的大范围晕质量上的近似恒定散射似乎是一种巧合,因为它主要是由低质量处的原位生长和高质量处的分级组装决定的。这些结果表明,在SMHM关系中的散射可以提供独特的洞察星系形成过程的规律性。

英文摘要:

The relation between galaxies and dark matter halos reflects the combined effects of many distinct physical processes. Observations indicate that the $z=0$ stellar mass-halo mass (SMHM) relation has remarkably small scatter in stellar mass at fixed halo mass ($\lesssim$ 0.2 dex) with little dependence on halo mass. We investigate the origins of this scatter by combining N-body simulations with observational constraints on the SMHM relation. We find that at the group and cluster scale ($M_{\rm vir}>10^{14}{M_\odot}$) the scatter due purely to hierarchical assembly is $\approx0.16$ dex, which is comparable to recent direct observational estimates. At lower masses, mass buildup since $z\approx2$ is driven largely by in-situ growth. We include a model for the in-situ buildup of stellar mass and find that an intrinsic scatter in this growth channel of $0.2$ dex produces a relation between scatter and halo mass that is consistent with observations from $10^{12}{M_\odot}<M_{\rm vir}<10^{14.75}{M_\odot}$. The approximately constant scatter across a wide range of halo masses at $z=0$ thus appears to be a coincidence as it is determined largely by in-situ growth at low masses and by hierarchical assembly at high masses. These results indicate that the scatter in the SMHM relation can provide unique insight into the regularity of the galaxy formation process.

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