Angular momentum properties of haloes and their baryon content in the Illustris simulation

被引:84
|
作者
Zjupa, Jolanta [1 ,2 ]
Springel, Volker [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Heidelberger Inst Theoret Studien, Schloss Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, D-69118 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Inst Theoret Phys, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Heidelberg Univ, Zentrum Astron, Astron Recheninst, Monchhofstr 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
methods: numerical; galaxies: haloes; galaxies: statistics; cosmology: theory; DARK-MATTER HALOES; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; GALAXY FORMATION; GALACTIC HALOS; TIDAL TORQUES; COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; HUBBLE SEQUENCE; DISK GALAXIES; MOVING-MESH; SPIN;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stw2945
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The angular momentum properties of virialized dark matter haloes have been measured with good statistics in collisionless N-body simulations, but an equally accurate analysis of the baryonic spin is still missing. We employ the Illustris simulation suite, one of the first simulations of galaxy formation with full hydrodynamics that produces a realistic galaxy population in a sizeable volume, to quantify the baryonic spin properties for more than similar to 320 000 haloes. We first compare the systematic differences between different spin parameter and halo definitions, and the impact of sample selection criteria on the derived properties. We confirm that dark-matter-only haloes exhibit a close to self-similar spin distribution in mass and redshift of lognormal form. However, the physics of galaxy formation radically changes the baryonic spin distribution. While the dark matter component remains largely unaffected, strong trends with mass and redshift appear for the spin of diffuse gas and the formed stellar component. With time, the baryons staying bound to the halo develop a misalignment of their spin vector with respect to dark matter, and increase their specific angular momentum by a factor of similar to 1.3 in the non-radiative case and similar to 1.8 in the full physics setup at z = 0. We show that this enhancement in baryonic spin can be explained by the combined effect of specific angular momentum transfer from dark matter on to gas during mergers and from feedback expelling low specific angular momentum gas from the halo. Our results challenge certain models for spin evolution and underline the significant changes induced by baryonic physics in the structure of haloes.
引用
收藏
页码:1625 / 1647
页数:23
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] The Chiral and Angular Momentum Content of the ρ-Meson
    L. Ya. Glozman
    C. B. Lang
    M. Limmer
    Few-Body Systems, 2010, 47 : 91 - 103
  • [22] THE ANGULAR-MOMENTUM CONTENT OF GALAXIES
    SHAYA, EJ
    TULLY, RB
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1984, 281 (01): : 56 - 66
  • [23] Angular momentum evolution in dark matter haloes: a study of the Bolshoi and Millennium simulations
    Contreras, S.
    Padilla, N.
    Lagos, C. D. P.
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2017, 472 (04) : 4992 - 5003
  • [24] Orbit properties of massive prolate galaxies in the Illustris simulation
    Wang, Yougang
    Mao, Shude
    Li, Hongyu
    Xu, Dandan
    Chen, Xuelei
    Springel, Volker
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2019, 483 (03) : 3048 - 3059
  • [25] Properties and Origin of Galaxy Velocity Bias in the Illustris Simulation
    Ye, Jia-Ni
    Guo, Hong
    Zheng, Zheng
    Zehavi, Idit
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2017, 841 (01):
  • [26] The origin and properties of massive prolate galaxies in the Illustris simulation
    Li, Hongyu
    Mao, Shude
    Emsellem, Eric
    Xu, Dandan
    Springel, Volker
    Krajnovic, Davor
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2018, 473 (02) : 1489 - 1511
  • [27] Cosmic web alignments with the shape, angular momentum and peculiar velocities of dark matter haloes
    Forero-Romero, Jaime E.
    Contreras, Sergio
    Padilla, Nelson
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, 443 (02) : 1090 - 1102
  • [28] Angular Momentum Content of the ρ Meson in Lattice QCD
    Glozman, Leonid Ya
    Lang, C. B.
    Limmer, Markus
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2009, 103 (12)
  • [29] INTERNAL ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM AND PARTIAL DECAY WIDTHS OF BARYON RESONANCES
    HIRANO, M
    IWATA, K
    MATSUDA, Y
    MUROTA, T
    PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 1973, 49 (03): : 934 - 956
  • [30] The evolution of the baryon fraction in haloes as a cause of scatter in the galaxy stellar mass in the EAGLE simulation
    Kulier, Andrea
    Padilla, Nelson
    Schaye, Joop
    Crain, Robert A.
    Schaller, Matthieu
    Bower, Richard G.
    Theuns, Tom
    Paillas, Enrique
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2019, 482 (03) : 3261 - 3273