2 research outputs found
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – II. Radiative models
We have simulated the formation of a massive galaxy cluster (M = 1.110) in a CDM universe using
10 different codes (RAMSES, 2 incarnations of AREPO and 7 of GADGET), modeling
hydrodynamics with full radiative subgrid physics. These codes include
Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), spanning traditional and advanced SPH
schemes, adaptive mesh and moving mesh codes. Our goal is to study the
consistency between simulated clusters modeled with different radiative
physical implementations - such as cooling, star formation and AGN feedback. We
compare images of the cluster at , global properties such as mass, and
radial profiles of various dynamical and thermodynamical quantities. We find
that, with respect to non-radiative simulations, dark matter is more centrally
concentrated, the extent not simply depending on the presence/absence of AGN
feedback. The scatter in global quantities is substantially higher than for
non-radiative runs. Intriguingly, adding radiative physics seems to have washed
away the marked code-based differences present in the entropy profile seen for
non-radiative simulations in Sembolini et al. (2015): radiative physics +
classic SPH can produce entropy cores. Furthermore, the inclusion/absence of
AGN feedback is not the dividing line -as in the case of describing the stellar
content- for whether a code produces an unrealistic temperature inversion and a
falling central entropy profile. However, AGN feedback does strongly affect the
overall stellar distribution, limiting the effect of overcooling and reducing
sensibly the stellar fraction.Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures, submitted to MNRA
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – I. Dark matter and non-radiative models
We have simulated the formation of a galaxy cluster in a É… cold dark matter universe using 13 different codes modelling only gravity and non-radiative hydrodynamics (RAMSES, ART, AREPO, HYDRA and nine incarnations of GADGET). This range of codes includes particle-based, moving and fixed mesh codes as well as both Eulerian and Lagrangian fluid schemes. The various GADGET implementations span classic and modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) schemes. The goal of this comparison is to assess the reliability of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of clusters in the simplest astrophysically relevant case, that in which the gas is assumed to be non-radiative. We compare images of the cluster at z = 0, global properties such as mass and radial profiles of various dynamical and thermodynamical quantities. The underlying gravitational framework can be aligned very accurately for all the codes allowing a detailed investigation of the differences that develop due to the various gas physics implementations employed. As expected, the mesh-based codes RAMSES, ART and AREPO form extended entropy cores in the gas with rising central gas temperatures. Those codes employing classic SPH schemes show falling entropy profiles all the way into the very centre with correspondingly rising density profiles and central temperature inversions. We show that methods with modern SPH schemes that allow entropy mixing span the range between these two extremes and the latest SPH variants produce gas entropy profiles that are essentially indistinguishable from those obtained with grid-based methods