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晕下丰度匹配对星系测光的依赖性和选择准则

The dependence of subhalo abundance matching on galaxy photometry and selection criteria

Richard Stiskalek, Harry Desmond, Thomas Holvey, Michael G. Jones

摘要:

暗晕丰度匹配(SHAM)是一种将星系质量或光度分配给N体模拟中产生的晕的流行技术。该方法通过匹配星系和晕属性的累积数函数来工作,因此对这些属性的精确定义和用于定义样本的选择标准都很敏感。进一步的依赖性如下时,SHAM参数校准星系聚类,这是众所周知的强烈依赖于星系的选择方式。在本文中,我们介绍了一个新的参数化的SHAM和推导出最适合的SHAM参数作为一个函数的各种属性的选择的星系样本和光度定义,包括Sérsic与彼得罗斯星等,恒星质量与r-波段的星等和光学(SDSS)与HI(ALOFA)的选择。在每种情况下,我们计算模型的拟合优度,以测量投影的两点星系关联函数。在光学选择的样本中,我们发现强有力的证据表明,在星系晕连接的散射增加对暗淡的结束,AM表现更好的光度比恒星质量。光学和HI选择星系的SHAM参数是相互排斥的,后者表明了光环质量之外的属性的重要性。我们提供最适合的参数作为我们的每个输入选择的函数的SHAM星系晕连接,扩展域的有效性模型,同时减少潜在的系统误差在其使用。

英文摘要:

Subhalo abundance matching (SHAM) is a popular technique for assigning galaxy mass or luminosity to haloes produced in N-body simulations. The method works by matching the cumulative number functions of the galaxy and halo properties, and is therefore sensitive both to the precise definitions of those properties and to the selection criteria used to define the samples. Further dependence follows when SHAM parameters are calibrated with galaxy clustering, which is known to depend strongly on the manner in which galaxies are selected. In this paper we introduce a new parametrisation for SHAM and derive the best-fit SHAM parameters as a function of various properties of the selection of the galaxy sample and of the photometric definition, including Sérsic vs Petrosian magnitudes, stellar masses vs r-band magnitudes and optical (SDSS) vs HI (ALFALFA) selection. In each case we calculate the models' goodness-of-fit to measurements of the projected two-point galaxy correlation function. In the optically-selected samples we find strong evidence that the scatter in the galaxy-halo connection increases towards the faint end, and that AM performs better with luminosity than stellar mass. The SHAM parameters of optically- and HI-selected galaxies are mutually exclusive, with the latter suggesting the importance of properties beyond halo mass. We provide best-fit parameters for the SHAM galaxy-halo connection as a function of each of our input choices, extending the domain of validity of the model while reducing potential systematic error in its use.

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