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大质量并合对星系团卫星星系破坏的增强作用

Enhanced Destruction of Cluster Satellites by Major Mergers

Kyung Lin Dong, Rory Smith, Jihye Shin, Reynier Peletier

AI总结:

本研究利用仅含暗物质的宇宙学模拟,对比有大质量并合与无并合的星系团,发现质量比不低于7:1的并合可使原有子晕破坏增强约10%至30%。

摘要:

利用一组仅含暗物质的宇宙学模拟中的星系团,我们研究了星系团与星系群并合(质量比大于5:1)的后果,以考察并合对卫星晕的潮汐影响。我们将结果与同一时期内未经历大质量并合的对照星系团样本进行比较。研究发现,经历大质量并合的星系团,其子晕破坏显著增强约10%至30%,具体取决于并合的剧烈程度。质量比小于7:1的并合未表现出显著增强。被破坏子晕的数量,是针对并合开始前位于星系团维里半径内的星系团成员测量的。这意味着由并合带入的、经过预处理的星系被有意排除,从而使我们能够清楚地看到,增强的破坏纯粹源于并合期间星系团扭曲且受扰动的潮汐场。我们还考虑了影响这些卫星星系破坏的次要参数,但发现大质量并合是主导因素。这些结果凸显了大质量并合如何显著影响星系团族群,并可能对星系团内光的形成以及剩余卫星星系中潮汐特征的增强产生影响。

英文摘要:

Using a set of clusters in dark matter only cosmological simulations, we study the consequences of merging of clusters and groups of galaxies (with mass ratio larger than 5:1) to investigate the tidal impact of mergers on the satellite halos. We compare our results to a control sample of clusters that have had no major mergers over the same time period. Clusters that undergo major mergers are found to have a significant enhancement in destruction of their subhalos of ~10-30%, depending on how major the merger is. Those with mass ratios less than 7:1 showed no significant enhancement. The number of destroyed subhalos are measured for the cluster members that were inside the virial radius of clusters before the merger begins. This means preprocessed galaxies brought in by the merger are deliberately excluded, allowing us to clearly see the enhanced destruction purely as a result of the distorted and disturbed tidal field of the cluster during the merger. We also consider secondary parameters affecting the destruction of those satellites but find that the major mergers are the dominant factor. These results highlight how major mergers can significantly impact the cluster population, with likely consequences for the formation of intracluster light, and enhancement of tidal features in the remaining satellites.

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