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大质量结构附近低质量中央星系的演化及其对双晕一致性(two-halo conformity)的影响

The evolution of low-mass central galaxies in the vicinity of massive structures and its impact on the two-halo conformity

Daniela Palma, Ivan Lacerna, M. Celeste Artale, Antonio D. Montero-Dorta, Andrés N. Ruiz, Sofía A. Cora, Facundo Rodriguez, Diego Pallero, Ana O'Mill, Nelvy Choque-Challapa

AI总结:

本研究利用TNG300和MDPL2-SAG模拟,发现大质量结构附近低质量中央星系中前卫星比例较高(TNG300中45%),移除后演化趋势与对照样本相似,并测量了双晕一致性信号随红移的矛盾演化。

摘要:

我们利用TNG300和MDPL2-SAG模拟,研究了居住在巨大星系群和星系团附近区域、恒星质量Mstar = $10^{9.5}-10^{10}$ Msun/h的低质量中央星系族群。我们着手研究它们的演化历史,旨在寻找它们产生的大尺度一致性信号的线索。我们还使用了一个远离大质量结构的、具有相同恒星质量范围的中央星系对照样本。对于两个样本,我们都发现了一个在过去被另一个暗物质晕吸积、但现在被视为中央星系的星系亚群;我们将这些天体称为“前卫星”(former satellites)。在靠近大质量系统的被熄灭的中央星系中,前卫星的数量更高,在TNG300和MDPL2-SAG中的比例分别为45%和17%。我们在TNG300中的结果表明,前卫星污染了中央星系样本,因为当它们作为卫星时,通常被大质量暗物质晕(M200 ≥ $10^{13}$ Msun/h)所容纳,且自z≲0.5以来经历了环境过程。在移除前卫星后,靠近大质量结构的被熄灭中央星系的演化趋势与对照样本中被熄灭星系相当相似,在低红移处显示出微小差异。相反,在MDPL2-SAG中,前卫星由质量较小的暗物质晕所容纳,平均晕质量约为$10^{11.4}$ Msun/h,且在移除前卫星前后,演化趋势保持不变。我们还测量了双晕一致性,即低质量中央星系与其邻居在Mpc尺度上的sSFR相关性,以及前卫星在三个不同红移(z=0、0.3和1)下对该信号的贡献。模拟中一致性信号的时间演化呈现出明显的矛盾结果:在MDPL2-SAG中,它从z=0到z=1递减,而在TNG300中则递增(摘要有所删减)。

英文摘要:

We investigated the population of low-mass central galaxies with Mstar = $10^{9.5}-10^{10}$ Msun/h, inhabiting regions near massive groups and clusters of galaxies using the TNG300 and MDPL2-SAG simulations. We set out to study their evolutionary histories, aiming to find hints about the large-scale conformity signal they produce. We also used a control sample of central galaxies with the same stellar mass range located far away from massive structures. For both samples, we find a subpopulation of galaxies accreted by another halo in the past, but now considered central galaxies; we refer to these objects as former satellites. The number of former satellites is higher for quenched central galaxies near massive systems, with fractions of 45% and 17% in TNG300 and MDPL2-SAG. Our results in TNG300 show that former satellites pollute the sample of central galaxies because they suffered environmental processes when they were satellites hosted typically by massive dark matter halos (M200 $\geq 10^{13}$ Msun/h) since z$\lesssim$0.5. After removing former satellites, the evolutionary trends for quenched central galaxies near massive structures are fairly similar to those of the quenched control galaxies, showing small differences at low redshift. For MDPL2-SAG instead, former satellites were hosted by less massive halos, with a mean halo mass around $10^{11.4}$ Msun/h, and the evolutionary trends remain equal before and after removing former satellite galaxies. We also measured the two-halo conformity, i.e, the correlation in the sSFR between low-mass central galaxies and their neighbors at Mpc scales, and how former satellites contribute to the signal at three different redshifts: z=0, 0.3, and 1. The time evolution of the conformity signal in the simulations presents apparent contradictory results: it decreases from z=0 to z=1 in MDPL2-SAG, while it increases in TNG300 (abridged).

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