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终于普及了?暗物质晕的回溅质量函数

Universal at last? The splashback mass function of dark matter halos

Benedikt Diemer

摘要:

暗物质晕的质量函数是结构形成的最基本的统计量之一。许多理论模型(如Press-Schechter理论)都是基于这样的概念,即当用适当的变量表示时,它可以是普适的,即独立于红移和宇宙学。然而,模拟表现出持久的非普遍性的维里质量和其他常用的球形过密度定义的质量函数。我们系统地研究了广泛的质量定义的质量函数的普遍性,包括最近提出的回溅质量,Msp的第一次。我们确认,在LambdaCDM宇宙学,所有的质量定义表现出不同程度的非普遍性,增加峰值高度和达到20%和500%之间的最高质量,我们可以测试。Mvir、M200 m和Msp表现出类似的非普适性水平。然而,有两种情况下,回溅质量函数明显更普遍。首先,它们在z<2时是10%的普适性,而球形过密度定义由于暗能量而经历了演变。第二,当额外考虑具有极端功率谱的自相似宇宙学时,回溅质量函数是非常普遍的(在40%和60%之间),而它们的球形过密度对应物达到180%和450%之间的非普遍性。这些结果有力地支持了这样一种观点,即回溅半径是晕边界的物理定义。我们提出了一个简单的,通用的拟合公式的回溅质量函数,准确地再现我们的模拟数据。

英文摘要:

The mass function of dark matter halos is one of the most fundamental statistics in structure formation. Many theoretical models (such as Press-Schechter theory) are based on the notion that it could be universal, meaning independent of redshift and cosmology, when expressed in the appropriate variables. However, simulations exhibit persistent non-universalities in the mass functions of the virial mass and other commonly used spherical overdensity definitions. We systematically study the universality of mass functions over a wide range of mass definitions, for the first time including the recently proposed splashback mass, Msp. We confirm that, in LambdaCDM cosmologies, all mass definitions exhibit varying levels of non-universality that increase with peak height and reach between 20% and 500% at the highest masses we can test. Mvir, M200m, and Msp exhibit similar levels of non-universality. There are, however, two regimes where the splashback mass functions are significantly more universal. First, they are universal to 10% at z<2, whereas spherical overdensity definitions experience an evolution due to dark energy. Second, when additionally considering self-similar cosmologies with extreme power spectra, splashback mass functions are remarkably universal (to between 40% and 60%) whereas their spherical overdensity counterparts reach non-universalities between 180% and 450%. These results strongly support the notion that the splashback radius is a physically motivated definition of the halo boundary. We present a simple, universal fitting formula for splashback mass functions that accurately reproduces our simulation data.

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