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Virial Scaling of Massive Dark Matter Halos: Why Clusters Prefer a High Normalization Cosmology

Evrard, A.E.; Bialek, J.; Busha, M.; White, M.; Habib, S.; Heitmann, K.; Warren, M.; Rasia, E.; Tormen, G.; Moscardini, L.; Power, C.; Jenkins, A.R.; Gao, L.; Frenk, C.S.; Springel, V.; White, S.D.M.; Diemand, J.

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Authors

A.E. Evrard

J. Bialek

M. Busha

M. White

S. Habib

K. Heitmann

M. Warren

E. Rasia

G. Tormen

L. Moscardini

C. Power

L. Gao

V. Springel

S.D.M. White

J. Diemand



Abstract

We present a precise estimate of the bulk virial scaling relation of halos formed via hierarchical clustering in an ensemble of simulated cold dark matter cosmologies. The result is insensitive to cosmological parameters; the presence of a trace, dissipationless gas component; and numerical resolution down to a limit of 1000 particles. The dark matter velocity dispersion scales with total mass as log½ ¼ DM(M;z) log (1082:9 4:0 km s1) þ (0:3361 0:0026)log h(z)M200 /10 ½ 15 M , with h(z) being the dimensionless Hubble parameter. At fixed mass, the velocity dispersion likelihood is nearly lognormal, with scatter ln ¼ 0:0426 0:015, except for a tail with higher dispersions containing 10% of the population that are merger transients. We combine this relation with the halo mass function in CDM models and show that a low normalization condition, S8 ¼ 8(m /0:3)0:35 ¼ 0:69, favored by recent WMAP and SDSS analysis requires that galaxy and gas-specific energies in rich clusters be 50% larger than that of the underlying dark matter. Such large energetic biases are in conflict with the current generation of direct simulations of cluster formation. A higher normalization, S8 ¼ 0:80, alleviates this tension and implies that the hot gas fraction within r500 is (0:71 0:09) h3=2 70 b /m, a value consistent with recent Sunyaev-Zel’dovich observations.

Citation

Evrard, A., Bialek, J., Busha, M., White, M., Habib, S., Heitmann, K., …Diemand, J. (2008). Virial Scaling of Massive Dark Matter Halos: Why Clusters Prefer a High Normalization Cosmology. Astrophysical Journal, 672(1), 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1086/521616

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Feb 27, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Astrophysical Journal
Print ISSN 0004-637X
Electronic ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher American Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 672
Issue 1
Pages 122-137
DOI https://doi.org/10.1086/521616

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