Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 327 (2001) 1041
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 9 figures. Submitted to MNRAS. High-resolution copies of the colour figures can be found at http://www.astro.calte
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04824.x
We follow the evolution of the galaxy population in a Lambda-CDM cosmology by means of high-resolution N-body simulations in which the formation of galaxies and their observable properties are calculated using a semi-analytic model. We display images of the spatial distribution of galaxies in the simulations that illustrate its evolution and provide a qualitative understanding of the processes responsible for various biases that develop. We consider three specific statistical measures of clustering at z=1 and z=0: the correlation length (in real- and redshift-space) of galaxies of different luminosity, the morphology-density relation and the genus curve of the topology of galaxy isodensity surfaces. For galaxies with luminosity below L*, the z=0 correlation length depends very little on the luminosity of the sample, but for brighter galaxies it increases very rapidly, reaching values in excess of 10Mpc/h. The "accelerated" dynamical evolution experienced by galaxies in rich clusters, which is partly responsible for this effect, also results in a strong morphology-density relation. Remarkably, this relation is already well-established at z=1. The genus curves of the galaxies are significantly different from the genus curves of the dark matter but this is not due to genuine topological differences but rather to the sparse sampling of the density field provided by galaxies. The predictions of our model at z=0 will be tested by forthcoming data from the 2dF and Sloan galaxy surveys, and those at z=1 by the DEEP and VIRMOS surveys.
Baugh Carlton M.
Benson Andrew J.
Cole Shaun
Frenk Carlos S.
Lacey Cedric G.
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