Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-04-27
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.372:1869-1874,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10990.x
We consider the sensitivity of the circular-orbit adiabatic contraction approximation to the baryon condensation rate and the orbital structure of dark matter halos in the $\Lambda$CDM paradigm. Using one-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations including the dark matter halo mass accretion history and gas cooling, we demonstrate that the adiabatic approximation is approximately valid even though halos and disks may assemble simultaneously. We further demonstrate the validity of the simple approximation for $\Lambda$CDM halos with isotropic velocity distributions using three-dimensional N-body simulations. This result is easily understood: an isotropic velocity distribution in a cuspy halo requires more circular orbits than radial orbits. Conversely, the approximation is poor in the extreme case of a radial orbit halo. It overestimates the response a core dark matter halo, where radial orbit fraction is larger. Because no astronomically relevant models are dominated by low-angular momentum orbits in the vicinity of the disk and the growth time scale is never shorter than a dynamical time, we conclude that the adiabatic contraction approximation is useful in modeling the response of dark matter halos to the growth of a disk.
Choi Jun-Hwan
Lu Yu
Mo Hou-Jun
Weinberg Martin D.
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