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arXiv 2009.00645astro-ph.GAastro-ph.CO
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扭曲和演化的暗物质晕模型

Models of Distorted and Evolving Dark Matter Halos

J. L. Sanders, E. J. Lilley, E. Vasiliev, N. W. Evans, D. Erkal

摘要:

我们调查的能力,基函数展开再现银河系般的暗物质晕,从宇宙学放大模拟提取的演变。对于每个快照,晕圈的密度被减少到基函数展开,插值用于重建快照之间的演化。晕密度的角度变化由球谐函数描述,径向变化由适于处理截断晕的双正交基函数或由样条函数描述。高保真度的轨道重建是可以实现的,使用类似的计算费用的方法。我们量化重建轨道的误差如何随膨胀阶数和快照间隔而变化。尽管有许多可能的双正交展开式,但很难击败具有中等数量项($\gtrsim15$径向和$\gtrsim6$角向)的传统Hernquist-Ostriker展开式。作为两个应用程序的开发的机器,我们评估的潜在的时间依赖性的影响(i)银河系卫星的轨道,和(ii)在银河系和其他附近的星系中观察到的卫星平面。过去5 Gyr的时间演化使银河系卫星的轨道参数产生了$\sim 15$ %的不确定性,与观测误差或现今银河系势能的不确定性所引起的不确定性相当。平均而言,卫星的平面在演化和与时间无关的势中以相似的速率生长。如果平面变得更少或更多地与演化的晕的长轴或短轴对齐,则平面的厚度可以有更多或更少的生长。

英文摘要:

We investigate the ability of basis function expansions to reproduce the evolution of a Milky Way-like dark matter halo, extracted from a cosmological zoom-in simulation. For each snapshot, the density of the halo is reduced to a basis function expansion, with interpolation used to recreate the evolution between snapshots. The angular variation of the halo density is described by spherical harmonics, and the radial variation either by biorthonormal basis functions adapted to handle truncated haloes or by splines. High fidelity orbit reconstructions are attainable using either method with similar computational expense. We quantify how the error in the reconstructed orbits varies with expansion order and snapshot spacing. Despite the many possible biorthonormal expansions, it is hard to beat a conventional Hernquist-Ostriker expansion with a moderate number of terms ($\gtrsim15$ radial and $\gtrsim6$ angular). As two applications of the developed machinery, we assess the impact of the time-dependence of the potential on (i) the orbits of Milky Way satellites, and (ii) planes of satellites as observed in the Milky Way and other nearby galaxies. Time evolution over the last 5 Gyr introduces an uncertainty in the Milky Way satellites' orbital parameters of $\sim 15$ per cent, comparable to that induced by the observational errors or the uncertainty in the present-day Milky Way potential. On average, planes of satellites grow at similar rates in evolving and time-independent potentials. There can be more, or less, growth in the plane's thickness, if the plane becomes less, or more, aligned with the major or minor axis of the evolving halo.

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