nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties

Building on the initial results of the nIFTy simulated galaxy cluster comparison, we compare and contrast the impact of baryonic physics with a single massive galaxy cluster, run with 11 state-of-the-art codes, spanning adaptive mesh, moving mesh, classic and modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics (...

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Main Authors: Cui, Weiguang, Power, Chris, Knebe, Alexander, Kay, Scott T., Sembolini, Federico, Elahi, Pascal J., Yepes, Gustavo, Pearce, Frazer, Cunnama, Daniel, Beck, Alexander M., Vecchia, Claudio Dalla, Davé, Romeel, February, Sean, Huang, Shuiyao, Hobbs, Alex, Katz, Neal, McCarthy, Ian G., Murante, Giuseppe, Perret, Valentin, Puchwein, Ewald, Read, Justin I., Saro, Alexandro, Teyssier, Romain, Thacker, Robert J.
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author Cui, Weiguang
Power, Chris
Knebe, Alexander
Kay, Scott T.
Sembolini, Federico
Elahi, Pascal J.
Yepes, Gustavo
Pearce, Frazer
Cunnama, Daniel
Beck, Alexander M.
Vecchia, Claudio Dalla
Davé, Romeel
February, Sean
Huang, Shuiyao
Hobbs, Alex
Katz, Neal
McCarthy, Ian G.
Murante, Giuseppe
Perret, Valentin
Puchwein, Ewald
Read, Justin I.
Saro, Alexandro
Teyssier, Romain
Thacker, Robert J.
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Power, Chris
Knebe, Alexander
Kay, Scott T.
Sembolini, Federico
Elahi, Pascal J.
Yepes, Gustavo
Pearce, Frazer
Cunnama, Daniel
Beck, Alexander M.
Vecchia, Claudio Dalla
Davé, Romeel
February, Sean
Huang, Shuiyao
Hobbs, Alex
Katz, Neal
McCarthy, Ian G.
Murante, Giuseppe
Perret, Valentin
Puchwein, Ewald
Read, Justin I.
Saro, Alexandro
Teyssier, Romain
Thacker, Robert J.
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description Building on the initial results of the nIFTy simulated galaxy cluster comparison, we compare and contrast the impact of baryonic physics with a single massive galaxy cluster, run with 11 state-of-the-art codes, spanning adaptive mesh, moving mesh, classic and modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) approaches. For each code represented we have a dark-matter-only (DM) and non-radiative (NR) version of the cluster, as well as a full physics (FP) version for a subset of the codes. We compare both radial mass and kinematic profiles, as well as global measures of the cluster (e.g. concentration, spin, shape), in the NR and FP runs with that in the DM runs. Our analysis reveals good consistency ⪅20 per cent) between global properties of the cluster predicted by different codes when integrated quantities are measured within the virial radius R200. However, we see larger differences for quantities within R2500, especially in the FP runs. The radial profiles reveal a diversity, especially in the cluster centre, between the NR runs, which can be understood straightforwardly from the division of codes into classic SPH and non-classic SPH (including the modern SPH, adaptive and moving mesh codes); and between the FP runs, which can also be understood broadly from the division of codes into those that include active galactic nucleus feedback and those that do not. The variation with respect to the median is much larger in the FP runs with different baryonic physics prescriptions than in the NR runs with different hydrodynamics solvers.
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spelling nottingham-424822020-05-04T17:41:47Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42482/ nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties Cui, Weiguang Power, Chris Knebe, Alexander Kay, Scott T. Sembolini, Federico Elahi, Pascal J. Yepes, Gustavo Pearce, Frazer Cunnama, Daniel Beck, Alexander M. Vecchia, Claudio Dalla Davé, Romeel February, Sean Huang, Shuiyao Hobbs, Alex Katz, Neal McCarthy, Ian G. Murante, Giuseppe Perret, Valentin Puchwein, Ewald Read, Justin I. Saro, Alexandro Teyssier, Romain Thacker, Robert J. Building on the initial results of the nIFTy simulated galaxy cluster comparison, we compare and contrast the impact of baryonic physics with a single massive galaxy cluster, run with 11 state-of-the-art codes, spanning adaptive mesh, moving mesh, classic and modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) approaches. For each code represented we have a dark-matter-only (DM) and non-radiative (NR) version of the cluster, as well as a full physics (FP) version for a subset of the codes. We compare both radial mass and kinematic profiles, as well as global measures of the cluster (e.g. concentration, spin, shape), in the NR and FP runs with that in the DM runs. Our analysis reveals good consistency ⪅20 per cent) between global properties of the cluster predicted by different codes when integrated quantities are measured within the virial radius R200. However, we see larger differences for quantities within R2500, especially in the FP runs. The radial profiles reveal a diversity, especially in the cluster centre, between the NR runs, which can be understood straightforwardly from the division of codes into classic SPH and non-classic SPH (including the modern SPH, adaptive and moving mesh codes); and between the FP runs, which can also be understood broadly from the division of codes into those that include active galactic nucleus feedback and those that do not. The variation with respect to the median is much larger in the FP runs with different baryonic physics prescriptions than in the NR runs with different hydrodynamics solvers. Oxford University Press 2016-03-15 Article PeerReviewed Cui, Weiguang, Power, Chris, Knebe, Alexander, Kay, Scott T., Sembolini, Federico, Elahi, Pascal J., Yepes, Gustavo, Pearce, Frazer, Cunnama, Daniel, Beck, Alexander M., Vecchia, Claudio Dalla, Davé, Romeel, February, Sean, Huang, Shuiyao, Hobbs, Alex, Katz, Neal, McCarthy, Ian G., Murante, Giuseppe, Perret, Valentin, Puchwein, Ewald, Read, Justin I., Saro, Alexandro, Teyssier, Romain and Thacker, Robert J. (2016) nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458 (4). pp. 4052-4073. ISSN 1365-2966 methods: numerical galaxies: clusters: general galaxies: evolution galaxies: formation galaxies: haloes cosmology: theory https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stw603 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw603 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw603
spellingShingle methods: numerical
galaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: formation
galaxies: haloes
cosmology: theory
Cui, Weiguang
Power, Chris
Knebe, Alexander
Kay, Scott T.
Sembolini, Federico
Elahi, Pascal J.
Yepes, Gustavo
Pearce, Frazer
Cunnama, Daniel
Beck, Alexander M.
Vecchia, Claudio Dalla
Davé, Romeel
February, Sean
Huang, Shuiyao
Hobbs, Alex
Katz, Neal
McCarthy, Ian G.
Murante, Giuseppe
Perret, Valentin
Puchwein, Ewald
Read, Justin I.
Saro, Alexandro
Teyssier, Romain
Thacker, Robert J.
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title_full nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title_fullStr nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title_full_unstemmed nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title_short nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
title_sort nifty galaxy cluster simulations – iv. quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
topic methods: numerical
galaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: formation
galaxies: haloes
cosmology: theory
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42482/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42482/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42482/