Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-p9bg8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T11:21:29.551Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Constrained Simulations of Dark Matter Halos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2006

G.A. Mamon ,
F. Combes ,
C. Deffayet ,
B. Fort ,
Y. Hoffman ,
E. Romano-Díaz ,
A. Faltenbacher ,
D. Jones ,
C. Heller  and
I. Shlosman
Y. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
E. Romano-Díaz
Affiliation:
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
A. Faltenbacher
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
D. Jones
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA
C. Heller
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
I. Shlosman
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA
Get access

Abstract


The formation and structure of dark matter halos is studied by constrained simulations. A series of experiments of theformation of a 1012h-1 M๏ halo is designed to study the dependenceof the density profile on its merging history.We find that the halo growth consist of several quiescent phases intermitted by violent events, with the density well approximated by the NFWprofile during the former phases. We find that (1) the NFW scale radiusRs  stays constant during the quiescent phase and grows abruptly during theviolent one. In contrast, the virial radiusgrows linearly during the quiescent and abruptly during the violentphases. (2) The central density stays unchanged during the quiescentphase while dropping abruptly during the violent phase, and it does not reflectthe formation time of the halo.(3) The clear separation of the evolution of an individual halo into quiescent and violent phases implies that its entire evolution cannot be fitted by simple scaling relations.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 20: Mass Profiles and Shapes of Cosmological Structures , 2006 , pp. 15 - 18
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2006

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)