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Hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy properties: Environmental effects
Using N-body+hydro simulations we study relations between the local
environments of galaxies on 0.5 Mpc scale and properties of the luminous
components of galaxies. Our numerical simulations include effects of star
formation and supernova feedback in different cosmological scenarios: the
standard Cold Dark Matter model, the Broken Scale Invariance model (BSI), and a
model with cosmological constant (LCDM).
In this paper, we concentrate on the effects of environment on colors and
morphologies of galaxies, on the star formation rate and on the relation
between the total luminosity of a galaxy and its circular velocity. We
demonstrate a statistically significant theoretical relationship between
morphology and environment. In particular, there is a strong tendency for
high-mass galaxies and for elliptical galaxies to form in denser environments,
in agreement with observations. We find that in models with denser environments
(CDM scenario) ~ 13 % of the galactic halos can be identified as field
ellipticals, according to their colors. In simulations with less clustering
(BSI and LCDM), the fraction of ellipticals is considerably lower (~ 2-3 %).
The strong sensitivity of morphological type to environment is rather
remarkable because our results are applicable to ``field'' galaxies and small
groups. If all galaxies in our simulations are included, we find a
statistically significant dependence of the galaxy luminosity - circular
velocity relation on dark matter overdensity within spheres of radius 0.5 Mpc,
for the CDM simulations. But if we remove ``elliptical'' galaxies from our
analysis to mimic the Tully-Fisher relation for spirals, then no dependence is
found in any model.Comment: 44 pages, 21 figures (17 included). Submitted to New Astronomy. GIFF
color plots and the complete paper in Postscript (including color figures)
can be found at http://astrosg.ft.uam.es/~gustavo/newas
Entropy of gas and dark matter in galaxy clusters
On the basis of a large scale 'adiabatic', namely non-radiative and
non-dissipative, cosmological smooth particle hydrodynamic simulation we
compare the entropy profiles of the gas and the dark matter (DM) in galaxy
clusters. The quantity K_g = T_g \rho_g^{-2/3} provides a measure for the
entropy of the intra-cluster gas. By analogy with the thermodynamic variables
of the gas the velocity dispersion of the DM is associated with a formal
temperature and thereby K_DM = \sigma_DM^2 \rho_DM^{-2/3} is defined. This DM
entropy is related to the DM phase space density by K_DM \propto Q_DM^{-2/3}.
In accord with other studies the DM phase space density follows a power law
behaviour, Q_DM \propto r^{-1.82}, which corresponds to K_DM \propto r^{1.21}.
The simulated intra-cluster gas has a flat entropy core within (0.8 \pm 0.4)
R_s, where R_s is the NFW scale radius. The outer profile follows the DM
behaviour, K_g \propto r^{1.21}, in close agreement with X-ray observations.
Upon scaling the DM and gas densities by their mean cosmological values we find
that outside the entropy core a constant ratio of K_g / K_{DM} = 0.71 \pm 0.18
prevails. By extending the definition of the gas temperature to include also
the bulk kinetic energy the ratio of the DM and gas extended entropy is found
to be unity for r > 0.8 R_s. The constant ratio of the gas thermal entropy to
that of the DM implies that observations of the intra-cluster gas can provide
an almost direct probe of the DM.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, web page of
the The Marenostrum Numerical Cosmology Project :
http://astro.ft.uam.es/~marenostrum
MASS SEGREGATION IN DARK MATTER MODELS.
We use the moments of counts of neighbors as given by the Generalized
Correlation Integrals, to study the clustering properties of Dark Matter Halos
(DH) in Cold Dark Matter (CDM) and Cold+Hot Dark Matter (CHDM) models. We
compare the results with those found in the CfA and SSRS galaxy catalogs. We
show that if we apply the analysis in redshift space, both models reproduce
equally well the observed clustering of galaxies. Mass segregation is also
found in the models: more massive DHs are more clustered compared with less
massive ones. In redshift space, this mass segregation is reduced by a factor
2-3 due to the peculiar velocities. Observational catalogs give an indication
of luminosity and size segregation, which is consistent with the predictions of
the models. Because the mass segregation is smaller in redshift space, it is
suggestive that the real luminosity or size segregation of galaxies could be
significantly larger than what it is found in redshift catalogs.Comment: 13 pages including 9 figures (220 KB) in uuencoded compressed
Postscript format. To appear in The Astrophysical Journal, June 10. Latex
file and figures available at ftp://astrohp.ft.uam.es/pub/preprints/masse
Large Scale Morphological Segregation in Optically Selected Galaxy Redshift Catalogs
We present the results of an exhaustive analysis of the morphological
segregation of galaxies in the CfA and SSRS catalogs through the scaling
formalism. Morphological segregation between ellipticals and spirals has been
detected at scales up to 15-20 h Mpc in the CfA catalog, and up to 20-30
h Mpc in the SSRS catalog. Moreover, it is present not only in the
densest areas of the galaxy distribution, but also in zones of moderate
density.Comment: 9 pages, (1 figure included), uuencode compressed Postscript,
(accepted for publication in ApJ Letters), FTUAM-93-2
The structure of the ICM from High Resolution SPH simulations
We present results from a set of high (512^3 effective resolution), and
ultra-high (1024^3) SPH adiabatic cosmological simulations of cluster formation
aimed at studying the internal structure of the intracluster medium (ICM). We
derive a self-consistent analytical model of the structure of the intracluster
medium (ICM). We discuss the radial structure and scaling relations expected
from purely gravitational collapse, and show that the choice of a particular
halo model can have important consequences on the interpretation of
observational data. The validity of the approximations of hydrostatic
equilibrium and a polytropic equation of state are checked against results of
our simulations. The properties of the ICM are fully specified when a
'universal' profile is assumed for either the dark or the baryonic component.
We also show the first results from an unprecedented large-scale simulation of
500 Mpc/h and 2 times 512^3 gas and dark matter particles. This experiment will
make possible a detailed study of the large-scale distribution of clusters as a
function of their X-ray properties.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of IAU Colloquium
195: "Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters: intense life in the suburbs", Torino
Italy, March 200
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