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孤立矮星系模拟中的次网格物理约束

Constraining the subgrid physics in simulations of isolated dwarf galaxies

Bert Vandenbroucke, Robbert Verbeke, Sven De Rijcke

摘要:

在再电离宇宙中模拟矮星系晕对模拟中采用的子网格模型提出了严格的限制。使用相同的子网格模型,在没有紫外线背景(UVB)的情况下进行模拟,会导致缺乏气体的星系很早就停止形成恒星,除了具有高质量的晕。这与观测到的星系强烈不一致,这些星系富含气体,恒星形成的质量范围要低得多。为了解决这个差异,我们运行了一个大型的孤立矮星系模拟套件,以探索各种各样的子网格模型和参数,包括UVB的时间和强度,恒星反馈的强度,以及金属丰度依赖的Pop III反馈。我们通过重子塔利-费舍尔关系(BTFR),将这些模拟与观测到的矮星系进行了比较,该关系将星系的重子含量与观测确定的引力势强度联系起来。我们发现结果对UVB的变化是鲁棒的。恒星反馈的强度改变了BTFR的结果,但无助于在红移晚期形成富含气体的星系。只有通过包括Pop III反馈,我们才能够产生位于观测BTFR上的星系,并且在红移为零时具有中性气体和正在进行的恒星形成。

英文摘要:

Simulating dwarf galaxy halos in a reionizing Universe puts severe constraints on the sub-grid model employed in the simulations. Using the same sub-grid model that works for simulations without a UV-background (UVB) results in gas poor galaxies that stop forming stars very early on, except for halos with high masses. This is in strong disagreement with observed galaxies, which are gas rich and star forming down to a much lower mass range. To resolve this discrepancy, we ran a large suite of isolated dwarf galaxy simulations to explore a wide variety of sub-grid models and parameters, including timing and strength of the UVB, strength of the stellar feedback, and metallicity dependent Pop III feedback. We compared these simulations to observed dwarf galaxies by means of the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation (BTFR), which links the baryonic content of a galaxy to the observationally determined strength of its gravitational potential. We found that the results are robust to changes in the UVB. The strength of the stellar feedback shifts the results on the BTFR, but does not help to form gas rich galaxies at late redshifts. Only by including Pop III feedback are we able to produce galaxies that lie on the observational BTFR and that have neutral gas and ongoing star formation at redshift zero.

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