Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-10-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
[Abridged] We analyze the exchange of dark matter between halos, subhalos, and their environments in a high-resolution cosmological N-body simulation of a Lambda CDM cosmology. At each analyzed redshift z we divide the dark matter particles into 4 components: (i) isolated galactic halos, (ii) subhalos, (iii) the diffuse medium of group and cluster halos, and (iv) the background outside of virialized halos. We follow the time evolution of the mass distribution and flows between these components and provide fitting functions for the exchange rates. We use our derived exchange rates to gauge the importance of metal redistribution in the universe due solely to gravity-induced interactions. The diffuse metallicity in clusters is predicted to be ~40% that in isolated galaxies (~55% of groups) at z=0, and should be lower only slightly by z=1, consistent with observations. The metallicity of the diffuse media in poor groups is expected to be lower by a factor of 5 by z~2, in agreement with the observed metallicity of damped Ly$\alpha$ systems. The metallicity of the background IGM is predicted to be (1-3)x10^{-4} that of z=0 clusters, also consistent with observations. The agreement of predicted and observed trends indicates that gravitational interaction alone may play an important role in metal enrichment of the intra-cluster and intergalactic media.
Bullock James S.
Dekel Avishai
Klypin Anatoly A.
Kolatt Tsafrir S.
Kravtsov Andrey V.
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