scholarly journals Numerical convergence of pre-initial conditions on dark matter halo properties

2021 ◽  
Vol 507 (4) ◽  
pp. 6161-6176
Author(s):  
Tianchi Zhang ◽  
Shihong Liao ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Jiajun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Voronoi Tessellation ◽  
Relative Difference ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Numerical Convergence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Grid Load ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Capacity Constrained

ABSTRACT Generating pre-initial conditions (or particle loads) is the very first step to set up a cosmological N-body simulation. In this work, we revisit the numerical convergence of pre-initial conditions on dark matter halo properties using a set of simulations which only differs in initial particle loads, i.e. grid, glass, and the newly introduced capacity constrained Voronoi tessellation (CCVT). We find that the median halo properties agree fairly well (i.e. within a convergence level of a few per cent) among simulations running from different initial loads. We also notice that for some individual haloes cross-matched among different simulations, the relative difference of their properties sometimes can be several tens of per cent. By looking at the evolution history of these poorly converged haloes, we find that they are usually merging haloes or haloes have experienced recent merger events, and their merging processes in different simulations are out-of-sync, making the convergence of halo properties become poor temporarily. We show that, comparing to the simulation starting with an anisotropic grid load, the simulation with an isotropic CCVT load converges slightly better to the simulation with a glass load, which is also isotropic. Among simulations with different pre-initial conditions, haloes in higher density environments tend to have their properties converged slightly better. Our results confirm that CCVT loads behave as well as the widely used grid and glass loads at small scales, and for the first time we quantify the convergence of two independent isotropic particle loads (i.e. glass and CCVT) on halo properties.

scholarly journals Massive low-surface-brightness galaxies in the eagle simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 3996-4016
Author(s):  
Andrea Kulier ◽  
Gaspar Galaz ◽  
Nelson D Padilla ◽  
James W Trayford
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Surface Density ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

ABSTRACT We investigate the formation and properties of low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) with M* > 109.5 M⊙ in the eagle hydrodynamical cosmological simulation. Galaxy surface brightness depends on a combination of stellar mass surface density and mass-to-light ratio (M/L), such that low surface brightness is strongly correlated with both galaxy angular momentum (low surface density) and low specific star formation rate (high M/L). This drives most of the other observed correlations between surface brightness and galaxy properties, such as the fact that most LSBGs have low metallicity. We find that LSBGs are more isolated than high-surface-brightness galaxies (HSBGs), in agreement with observations, but that this trend is driven entirely by the fact that LSBGs are unlikely to be close-in satellites. The majority of LSBGs are consistent with a formation scenario in which the galaxies with the highest angular momentum are those that formed most of their stars recently from a gas reservoir co-rotating with a high-spin dark matter halo. However, the most extended LSBG discs in EAGLE, which are comparable in size to observed giant LSBGs, are built up via mergers. These galaxies are found to inhabit dark matter haloes with a higher spin in their inner regions (<0.1r200c), even when excluding the effects of baryonic physics by considering matching haloes from a dark-matter-only simulation with identical initial conditions.

scholarly journals Baryons and Dark Matter halo distributions in ΛCDM Cosmology

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S262) ◽  
pp. 404-405
Author(s):  
Susana Pedrosa ◽  
Patricia Tissera ◽  
Cecilia Scannapieco
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Momentum Transfer ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Angular Momentum Transfer ◽  
History Of ◽  
Baryonic Mass ◽  
History Of Formation

AbstractWe analyse the dark matter (DM) distribution in a ≈1012M⊙ halo extracted from a simulation consistent with the concordance cosmology, where the physics regulating the transformation of gas into stars was allowed to change producing galaxies with different morphologies. Although the DM profiles get more concentrated as baryons are collected at the centre of the haloes compared to a pure dynamical run, the total baryonic mass alone is not enough to fully predict the reaction of the DM profile. Our findings suggest that the response of the DM halo is driven by the history of assembly of baryons into a galaxy. The accretion of satellites could be associated with an expansion of the dark matter profiles, triggered by angular momentum transfer from the incoming satellites. However, we also found that these mechanism have different efficiencies which are set by the history of formation of the structure.

scholarly journals ETHOS – an Effective Theory of Structure Formation: detecting dark matter interactions through the Lyman-α forest

2019 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 522-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sownak Bose ◽  
Mark Vogelsberger ◽  
Jesús Zavala ◽  
Christoph Pfrommer ◽  
Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Relative Difference ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Galaxies

ABSTRACT We perform a series of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the effects of non-gravitational dark matter (DM) interactions on the intergalactic medium (IGM). In particular, we use the Ethos framework to compare statistics of the Lyman-α forest in cold dark matter (CDM) with an alternative model in which the DM couples strongly with a relativistic species in the early universe. These models are characterized by a cut-off in the linear power spectrum, followed by a series of ‘dark acoustic oscillations’ (DAOs) on sub-dwarf scales. While the primordial cut-off delays the formation of the first galaxies, structure builds up more rapidly in the interacting DM model compared to CDM. We show that although DAOs are quickly washed away in the non-linear clustering of DM at z ≲ 10, their signature can be imprinted prominently in the Lyman-α flux power spectrum at z > 5. On scales larger than the cut-off (k ∼ 0.08 s km−1 for the specific model considered here), the relative difference to CDM is reminiscent of a warm dark matter (WDM) model with a similar initial cut-off; however, the redshift evolution on smaller scales is distinctly different. The appearance and disappearance of DAOs in the Lyman-α flux spectrum provides a powerful way to distinguish interacting DM models from WDM and, indeed, variations in the thermal history of the IGM that may also induce a small-scale cut-off.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of the Dwarf Companions of Giant Galaxies

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S244) ◽  
pp. 226-230
Author(s):  
A. H. Nelson ◽  
P. R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Initial Population ◽  
Dark Matter Halos ◽  
Disc Galaxy ◽  
Standard Spectrum ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Secondary Population

AbstractWe report simulations of the formation of a giant disc galaxy from cosmological initial conditions. Two sets of initial conditions are used, initially smooth density for both gas and stars, representing the Warm dark Matter scenario, and an initially fluctuating density representing the standard spectrum for the Cold dark Matter scenario. For the WDM initial conditions, the galaxy has a population of long lived dwarf satellites at z = 0, with orbits close to a plane coincident with that of the giant galaxy disc. The detailed properties of these dwarfs mimic closely the observed properties of Local Group dwarfs with respect to mass, and kinematics. However they do not have individual dark matter halos, but orbit in the nearly spherical dark matter halo of the giant galaxy. The reason for this is that the initial population of dwarf dark matter haloes, which form during the initial collapse phase, all merge into the halo of the giant galaxy within a few to several Gyears, while the long lived dwarfs form as a secondary population by gravitational collapse of high angular momentum gas in the outer reaches of the giants proto-galactic disc. Due to their late formation and their more distant orbits, they survive until the present epoch as individual dwarf galaxies at radii 20-50kpc from the giants centre. For CDM initial conditions there are many more dwarf satellites at z = 0, some of which form early on as gas condensations in DM sub-halos, and survive with these individual DM halos till z = 0 due to their being sufficiently well bound to avoid merging with the main galaxy. However even in this case some second generation satellites form as initially gas only objects, just as for the smooth initial conditions of WDM.

scholarly journals Modified initial power spectrum and too big to fail problem

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (4) ◽  
pp. 4907-4913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Kameli ◽  
Shant Baghram
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Too Big To Fail ◽  
Standard Case ◽  
Initial Power

ABSTRACT The galactic scale challenges of dark matter such as ‘missing satellite’ problem and ‘too big to fail’ problem are the main caveats of standard model of cosmology. These challenges could be solved either by implementing the complicated baryonic physics or it could be considered as an indication to a new physics beyond the standard model of cosmology. The modification of collisionless dark matter models or the standard initial conditions are two promising venues for study. In this work, we investigate the effects of the deviations from scale invariant initial curvature power spectrum on number density of dark matter haloes. We develop the non-Markov extension of the excursion set theory to calculate the number density of dark matter substructures and dark matter halo progenitor mass distribution. We show that the plausible solution to ‘too big to fail’ problem could be obtained by a Gaussian excess in initial power in the scales of k* ∼ 3 h Mpc−1 that is related to the mass scale of M* ∼ 1011 M⊙. We show that this deviation leads to the decrement of dark matter subhaloes in galactic scale, which is consistent with the current status of the non-linear power spectrum. Our proposal also has a prediction that the number density of Milky Way-type galaxies must be higher than the standard case.

scholarly journals Dark matter response to galaxy assembly history

2019 ◽  
Vol 622 ◽  
pp. A197 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Celeste Artale ◽  
Susana E. Pedrosa ◽  
Patricia B. Tissera ◽  
Pedro Cataldi ◽  
Arianna Di Cintio
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Stable Configuration ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Grid Scheme ◽  
History Of ◽  
Galaxy Assembly ◽  
Baryonic Mass

Aims. It is well known that the presence of baryons affects the dark matter host haloes. Exploring the galaxy assembly history together with the dark matter haloes properties through time can provide a way to measure these effects. Methods. We have studied the properties of four Milky Way mass dark matter haloes from the Aquarius project during their assembly history, between z = 0 − 4. In this work, we used a published SPH run and the dark matter only counterpart as case studies. To asses the robustness of our findings, we compared them with one of the haloes run using a moving-mesh technique and different sub-grid scheme. Results. Our results show that the cosmic evolution of the dark matter halo profiles depends on the assembly history of the baryons. We find that the dark matter profiles do not significantly change with time, hence they become stable, when the fraction of baryons accumulated in the central regions reaches 80 per cent of its present mass within the virial radius. Furthermore, the mass accretion history shows that the haloes that assembled earlier are those that contain a larger amount of baryonic mass aforetime, which in turn allows the dark matter halo profiles to reach a stable configuration earlier. For the SPH haloes, we find that the specific angular momentum of the dark matter particles within the five per cent of the virial radius at z = 0, remains approximately constant from the time at which 60 per cent of the stellar mass is gathered. We have explored different theoretical and empirical models for the contraction of the haloes through redshift. A model to better describe the contraction of the haloes through redshift evolution must depend on the stellar mass content in the inner regions.

Cosmic structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1430021
Author(s):  
Marc Davis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
History Of

The history of cosmic structure goes back to the time of Einstein's youth, although few scientists actually thought of the problem of galaxy and cluster formation. The data and ideas were collected slowly as astronomers slowly realized the nature of the problem of large-scale structure. This paper will review several of the key episodes in the history of the field. Starting with the discovery of dark matter in the 30s, the CMBR discovery in the 1960s to the idea of an early episode of inflation in the 1980s, the field has had an acceleration of discovery. In the 80s it was realized that the initial conditions of the universe were specified by the cold dark matter (CDM). Now initial conditions for the formation of structure could be specified for any type of dark matter. With the advent of computing resources, highly nonlinear phases of galaxy formation could be simulated and scientists could ask whether cold dark matter was the correct theory, even on the scale of dwarf spheroidal galaxies, or do the properties of the dwarfs require a different type of dark matter? In an idiosyncratic list, we review several of the key events of the history of cosmic structure, including the first measurements of ξ(r), then the remarkable success of Λ CDM explanations of the large-scale universe. We next turn to velocity fields, the large-scale flow problem, a field which was so promising 20 years ago, and to the baryon acoustic oscillations, a field of remarkable promise today. We review the problem of dwarf galaxies and Lyman-α absorption systems, asking whether the evidence is pointing toward a major switch in our understanding of the nature of dark matter. Finally, we discuss flux anomalies in multiply-lensed systems, which set constraints on the number of dwarf galaxies associated with the lensing galaxy, a topic that is now very interesting since simulations have indicated there should be hundreds of dwarfs orbiting the Milky Way, rather than the 10 that are known. It is quite remarkable that many of the today's results are dependent on techniques first used by Einstein.

scholarly journals CRESST Detectors for Nonbaryonic Cold Dark Matter Particles

2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 493-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Jagemann
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Energy Deposition ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Interaction Cross Section ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Crucial Parameter

The CRESST experiment is set up for the direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) which our Galactic dark matter halo possibly consists of. the employed detection method is elastic scattering by nuclei. the recoiling nucleus deposits most of its energy in the form of lattice vibrations in the detector. Cooling the detector to very low temperatures (mK) enhances the temperature rise due to the energy deposition. the crucial parameter for direct WIMP searches is the sensitivity to the WIMP interaction cross section in a certain range of possible WIMP masses. CRESST is now sensitive enough to explore the parameter space predicted by supersymmetric models.

scholarly journals High-resolution simulations of dark matter subhalo disruption in a Milky-Way-like tidal field

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Jeremy J Webb ◽  
Jo Bovy
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Dark Matter Particle ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Isotropic Distribution ◽  
Stellar Component

ABSTRACT We compare the results of high-resolution simulations of individual dark matter subhaloes evolving in external tidal fields with and without baryonic bulge and disc components, where the average dark matter particle mass is three orders of magnitude smaller than cosmological zoom-in simulations of galaxy formation. The Via Lactea II simulation is used to setup our initial conditions and provides a basis for our simulations of subhaloes in a dark-matter-only tidal field, while an observationally motivated model for the Milky-Way is used for the tidal field that is comprised of a dark matter halo, a stellar disc, and a stellar bulge. Our simulations indicate that including stellar components in the tidal field results in the number of subhaloes in Milky-Way-like galaxies being only $65{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ of what is predicted by Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM). For subhaloes with small pericentres (rp ≲ 25 kpc), the subhalo abundance is reduced further to $40{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$, with the surviving subhaloes being less dense and having a tangentially anisotropic orbital distribution. Conversely, subhaloes with larger pericentres are minimally affected by the inclusion of a stellar component in the tidal field, with the total number of outer subhaloes $\approx 75{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ of the ΛCDM prediction. The densities of outer subhaloes are comparable to predictions from ΛCDM, with the subhaloes having an isotropic distribution of orbits. These ratios are higher than those found in previous studies that include the effects baryonic matter, which are affected by spurious disruption caused by low resolution.

scholarly journals Predicting dark matter halo formation in N-body simulations with deep regression networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (4) ◽  
pp. 5116-5125 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Bernardini ◽  
L Mayer ◽  
D Reed ◽  
R Feldmann
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Initial Density ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Density Field ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Regression Problem ◽  
Halo Formation

ABSTRACT Dark matter haloes play a fundamental role in cosmological structure formation. The most common approach to model their assembly mechanisms is through N-body simulations. In this work, we present an innovative pathway to predict dark matter halo formation from the initial density field using a Deep Learning algorithm. We implement and train a Deep Convolutional Neural Network to solve the task of retrieving Lagrangian patches from which dark matter haloes will condense. The volumetric multilabel classification task is turned into a regression problem by means of the Euclidean distance transformation. The network is complemented by an adaptive version of the watershed algorithm to form the entire protohalo identification pipeline. We show that splitting the segmentation problem into two distinct subtasks allows for training smaller and faster networks, while the predictive power of the pipeline remains the same. The model is trained on synthetic data derived from a single full N-body simulation and achieves deviations of ∼10 per cent when reconstructing the dark matter halo mass function at z = 0. This approach represents a promising framework for learning highly non-linear relations in the primordial density field. As a practical application, our method can be used to produce mock dark matter halo catalogues directly from the initial conditions of N-body simulations.

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