The evolution of the galaxy content of dark matter haloes

2016/07/31 by S. Contreras, Sergio Contreras, Idit Zehavi +5 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Dark galaxy #Dark matter #Dark matter halo #Galactic halo #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy formation and evolution #Galaxy merger #Halo #Interacting galaxy #Lenticular galaxy #Physics #Redshift #Remote Sensing in Agriculture #Satellite galaxy #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2826

published as MNRAS 465, 2833-2848 (2017) · 16 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Accepted by MNRAS

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Abstract

We use the halo occupation distribution (HOD) framework to characterize the predictions from two independent galaxy formation models for the galactic content of dark matter haloes and its evolution with redshift. Our galaxy samples correspond to a range of fixed number densities defined by stellar mass and span 0 ≤ z ≤ 3. We find remarkable similarities between the model predictions. Differences arise at low galaxy number densities which are sensitive to the treatment of heating of the hot halo by active galactic nuclei. The evolution of the form of the HOD can be described in a relatively simple way, and we model each HOD parameter using its value at z = 0 and an additional evolutionary parameter. In particular, we find that the ratio between the characteristic halo masses for hosting central and satellite galaxies can serve as a sensitive diagnostic for galaxy evolution models. Our results can be used to test and develop empirical studies of galaxy evolution, and can facilitate the construction of mock galaxy catalogues for future surveys.

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