Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-10-28
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.362:1451-1462,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 6 figures; minor changes made, matches MNRAS accepted version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09417.x
Galaxy-galaxy lensing is a powerful probe of the relation between galaxies and dark matter halos, but its theoretical interpretation requires a careful modeling of various contributions, such as the contribution from central and satellite galaxies. For this purpose, a phenomenological approach based on the halo model has been developed, allowing for fast exploration of the parameter space of models. In this paper, we investigate the ability of the halo model to extract information from the g-g weak lensing signal by comparing it to high-resolution dissipationless simulations that resolve subhalos. We find that the halo model reliably determines parameters such as the host halo mass of central galaxies, the fraction of galaxies that are satellites, and their radial distribution inside larger halos. If there is a significant scatter present in the central galaxy host halo mass distribution, then the mean and median mass of that distribution can differ significantly from one another, and the halo model mass determination lies between the two. This result suggests that when analyzing the data, galaxy subsamples with a narrow central galaxy halo mass distribution, such as those based on stellar mass, should be chosen for a simpler interpretation of the results.
Kravtsov Andrey V.
Mandelbaum Rachel
Seljak Uros
Tasitsiomi Argyro
Wechsler Risa H.
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