Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-22
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 361 (2005) 983-996
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 10 figures. Final version accepted by MNRAS, presenting new simulations and major changes. Printing in colour recomm
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09239.x
Cosmological (LambdaCDM) TreeSPH simulations of the formation and evolution of galaxy groups and clusters have been performed. The simulations invoke star formation, chemical evolution with non-instantaneous recycling, metal dependent radiative cooling, strong star burst and (optionally) AGN driven galactic super winds, effects of a meta-galactic UV field and thermal conduction. The properties of the galaxy populations in two clusters, one Virgo-like (T~3 keV) and one (sub) Coma-like (T~6 keV), are discussed. The global star formation rates of the cluster galaxies are found to decrease very significantly with time from redshift z=2 to 0, in agreement with observations. The total K-band luminosity of the cluster galaxies correlates tightly with total cluster mass, and for models without additional AGN feedback, the zero point of the relation matches the observed one fairly well. The match to observed galaxy luminosity functions is reasonable, except for a deficiency of bright galaxies (M_B < -20), which becomes increasingly significant with super-wind strength. Results of a high resolution test indicate that this deficiency is not due to ``over--merging''. The redshift evolution of the luminosity functions from z=1 to 0 is mainly driven by luminosity evolution, but also by merging of bright galaxies with the cD. The colour--magnitude relation of the cluster galaxies matches the observed "red sequence" very well and, on average, galaxy metallicity increases with luminosity. As the brighter galaxies are essentially coeval, the colour--magnitude relation results from metallicity rather than age effects, as observed.
Portinari Laura
Romeo Alessio D.
Sommer-Larsen Jesper
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