Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-03-23
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.336:685,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 14 Figures. Minor changes. Accepted by MNRAS. Higher resolution version of Fig. 4 available at http://www.ast.cam.
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05803.x
A variety of approximate schemes for modelling the low-density Intergalactic Medium (IGM) in the high-redshift Universe is compared to the results of a large high-resolution hydro-dynamical simulation. These schemes use either an analytical description of the dark matter distribution and the IGM or numerical simulations of the DM distributions combined with different approximate relations between dark matter field and the gas distribution. Schemes based on a filtering of the dark matter distribution with a global Jeans scale result in a rather poor description of the gas distribution. An adaptive filtering which takes into account the density/temperature dependence of the Jeans scale is required. A reasonable description of the gas distribution can be achieved using a fit of the mean relation between the dark matter and gas densities in the hydro-dynamical simulation to relate dark matter and gas distribution. In the hydro-dynamical simulations deviations from this mean relation are correlated with gradients in the dark matter peculiar velocity field indicative of shocks in the gas component. A scheme which takes into account this correlation results in a further improved gas distribution. Such adaptive filtering schemes applied to dark matter simulations will be very well suited for studies of statistical properties of the Lyalpha forest which investigate the IGM and the underlying dark matter distribution and require a large dynamic range and/or an extensive parameter study.
Haehnelt Martin G.
Matarrese Sabino
Mo Hou-Jun
Theuns Tom
Viel Matteo
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