Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape
We study the shapes of subhalo distributions from four dark-matter-only simulations of Milky Way-type haloes. Comparing the shapes derived from the subhalo distributions at high resolution to those of the underlying dark matter fields, we find the former to be more triaxial if the analysis is restri...
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| author | Hoffmann, Kai Planelles, Susana Gaztanaga, Enrique Knebe, Alexander Pearce, Frazer R. Lux, Hanni Onions, Julian Muldrew, Stuart I. Elahi, Pascal Behroozi, Peter Ascasibar, Yago Han, Jiaxin Maciejewski, Michal Merchan, Manuel E. Neyrinck, Mark Ruiz, Andres N. Sgro, Mario A. |
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| description | We study the shapes of subhalo distributions from four dark-matter-only simulations of Milky Way-type haloes. Comparing the shapes derived from the subhalo distributions at high resolution to those of the underlying dark matter fields, we find the former to be more triaxial if the analysis is restricted to massive subhaloes. For three of the four analysed haloes, the increased triaxiality of the distributions of massive subhaloes can be explained by a systematic effect caused by the low number of objects. Subhaloes of the fourth halo show indications for anisotropic accretion via their strong triaxial distribution and orbit alignment with respect to the dark matter field. These results are independent of the employed subhalo finder. Comparing the shape of the observed Milky Way satellite distribution to those of high-resolution subhalo samples from simulations, we find agreement for samples of bright satellites, but significant deviations if faint satellites are included in the analysis. These deviations might result from observational incompleteness. |
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| spelling | nottingham-425822020-05-04T16:50:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42582/ Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape Hoffmann, Kai Planelles, Susana Gaztanaga, Enrique Knebe, Alexander Pearce, Frazer R. Lux, Hanni Onions, Julian Muldrew, Stuart I. Elahi, Pascal Behroozi, Peter Ascasibar, Yago Han, Jiaxin Maciejewski, Michal Merchan, Manuel E. Neyrinck, Mark Ruiz, Andres N. Sgro, Mario A. We study the shapes of subhalo distributions from four dark-matter-only simulations of Milky Way-type haloes. Comparing the shapes derived from the subhalo distributions at high resolution to those of the underlying dark matter fields, we find the former to be more triaxial if the analysis is restricted to massive subhaloes. For three of the four analysed haloes, the increased triaxiality of the distributions of massive subhaloes can be explained by a systematic effect caused by the low number of objects. Subhaloes of the fourth halo show indications for anisotropic accretion via their strong triaxial distribution and orbit alignment with respect to the dark matter field. These results are independent of the employed subhalo finder. Comparing the shape of the observed Milky Way satellite distribution to those of high-resolution subhalo samples from simulations, we find agreement for samples of bright satellites, but significant deviations if faint satellites are included in the analysis. These deviations might result from observational incompleteness. Oxford University Press 2014-08-01 Article PeerReviewed Hoffmann, Kai, Planelles, Susana, Gaztanaga, Enrique, Knebe, Alexander, Pearce, Frazer R., Lux, Hanni, Onions, Julian, Muldrew, Stuart I., Elahi, Pascal, Behroozi, Peter, Ascasibar, Yago, Han, Jiaxin, Maciejewski, Michal, Merchan, Manuel E., Neyrinck, Mark, Ruiz, Andres N. and Sgro, Mario A. (2014) Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442 (2). pp. 1197-1210. ISSN 1365-2966 methods: numerical galaxies: haloes cosmology: miscellaneous https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stu933 doi:10.1093/mnras/stu933 doi:10.1093/mnras/stu933 |
| spellingShingle | methods: numerical galaxies: haloes cosmology: miscellaneous Hoffmann, Kai Planelles, Susana Gaztanaga, Enrique Knebe, Alexander Pearce, Frazer R. Lux, Hanni Onions, Julian Muldrew, Stuart I. Elahi, Pascal Behroozi, Peter Ascasibar, Yago Han, Jiaxin Maciejewski, Michal Merchan, Manuel E. Neyrinck, Mark Ruiz, Andres N. Sgro, Mario A. Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title | Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title_full | Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title_fullStr | Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title_short | Subhaloes gone Notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| title_sort | subhaloes gone notts: subhaloes as tracers of the dark matter halo shape |
| topic | methods: numerical galaxies: haloes cosmology: miscellaneous |
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