Dr Matthieu Schaller matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk
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Baryon effects on the internal structure of ΛCDM haloes in the EAGLE simulations
Schaller, Matthieu; Frenk, Carlos S.; Bower, Richard G.; Theuns, Tom; Jenkins, Adrian; Schaye, Joop; Crain, Robert A.; Furlong, Michelle; Dalla Vecchia, Claudio; McCarthy, Ian G.
Authors
Professor Carlos Frenk c.s.frenk@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Richard G. Bower
Professor Tom Theuns tom.theuns@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Adrian Jenkins a.r.jenkins@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Joop Schaye
Robert A. Crain
Michelle Furlong
Claudio Dalla Vecchia
Ian G. McCarthy
Abstract
We investigate the internal structure and density profiles of haloes of mass 1010–1014 M⊙ in the Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies and their Environment (EAGLE) simulations. These follow the formation of galaxies in a Λ cold dark matter Universe and include a treatment of the baryon physics thought to be relevant. The EAGLE simulations reproduce the observed present-day galaxy stellar mass function, as well as many other properties of the galaxy population as a function of time. We find significant differences between the masses of haloes in the EAGLE simulations and in simulations that follow only the dark matter component. Nevertheless, haloes are well described by the Navarro–Frenk–White density profile at radii larger than ∼5 per cent of the virial radius but, closer to the centre, the presence of stars can produce cuspier profiles. Central enhancements in the total mass profile are most important in haloes of mass 1012–1013 M⊙, where the stellar fraction peaks. Over the radial range where they are well resolved, the resulting galaxy rotation curves are in very good agreement with observational data for galaxies with stellar mass M* < 5 × 1010 M⊙. We present an empirical fitting function that describes the total mass profiles and show that its parameters are strongly correlated with halo mass.
Citation
Schaller, M., Frenk, C. S., Bower, R. G., Theuns, T., Jenkins, A., Schaye, J., …McCarthy, I. G. (2015). Baryon effects on the internal structure of ΛCDM haloes in the EAGLE simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(2), 1247-1267. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1067
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 11, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 4, 2015 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Oct 22, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 451 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 1247-1267 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1067 |
Keywords | Cosmology: theory, Dark matter, Large-scale structure of Universe. |
Related Public URLs | http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.8617 |
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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