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VINTERGATAN-GM:合并如何影响类银河系星系的卫星星系种群?

VINTERGATAN-GM: How do mergers affect the satellite populations of MW-like galaxies?

Gandhali D. Joshi, Andrew Pontzen, Oscar Agertz, Martin P. Rey, Justin Read, Florent Renaud

AI总结:

本文利用 VINTERGATAN-GM 模拟套件研究星系合并历史对卫星星系系统的影响,发现 $z \approx 2$ 合并后卫星数量差异可持续数个 Gyr,但在 $z=0$ 时被抹除,表明近期合并历史是重建宿主动力学特性的重要散布来源。

摘要:

我们使用新的 VINTERGATAN-GM 套件(针对银河系质量系统的放大流体动力学模拟),研究了星系合并历史对其卫星系统的影响。该套件模拟了同一暗物质晕的五个实现版本,对 $z \approx 2$ 的合并进行了针对性的“基因修饰”(GMs),但在 $z=0$ 时产生相同的暗物质晕质量。我们发现,卫星恒星质量函数的差异在 $z \approx 2$ 合并后持续了 $2.25-4.25$ Gyr;具体而言,经历过较小合并的暗物质晕比那些较大合并情景下的暗物质晕多容纳了高达 60% 的卫星星系。然而,到 $z=0$ 时,卫星恒星质量函数中的这些差异已被抹除。合并后不久观察到的卫星星系数量的差异由几个因素驱动,包括重大合并的时间(其 $M_{\rm 200c}$ 质量比 $>1:30$ 且在落入时带来 $M_{\rm *} \geq 10^{8}{\rm M}_{\odot}$)、中心系统与合并系统的质量及卫星星系种群,以及随后较小合并的延伸历史。当在固定中心恒星质量而非固定时间下测量时,这些结果依然存在,这意味着宿主的近期合并历史在从其卫星星系种群重建其动力学特性时,可能是产生散布的重要来源。

英文摘要:

We investigate the impact of a galaxy's merger history on its system of satellites using the new \textsc{vintergatan-gm} suite of zoom-in hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-mass systems. The suite simulates five realizations of the same halo with targeted `genetic modifications' (GMs) of a $z \approx 2$ merger, but resulting in the same halo mass at $z=0$. We find that differences in the satellite stellar mass functions last for $2.25-4.25$ Gyr after the $z \approx 2$ merger; specifically, the haloes that have undergone smaller mergers host up to 60\% more satellites than those of the larger merger scenarios. However, by $z=0$ these differences in the satellite stellar mass functions have been erased. The differences in satellite numbers seen soon after the mergers are driven by several factors, including the timings of significant mergers (with $M_{\rm 200c}$ mass ratios $>1:30$ and bringing in $M_{\rm *} \geq 10^{8}{\rm M}_{\odot}$ at infall), the masses and satellite populations of the central and merging systems, and the subsequent extended history of smaller mergers. The results persist when measured at fixed central stellar mass rather than fixed time, implying that a host's recent merger history can be a significant source of scatter when reconstructing its dynamical properties from its satellite population.

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