Linking cluster formation to large-scale structure

Details Linking cluster formation to large-scale structure Linking cluster formation to large-scale structure

Sep 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999mnras.308..593c&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 308, Issue 3, pp. 593-598.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Methods: Numerical, Galaxies: Clusters: General, Galaxies: Haloes, Cosmology: Theory, Dark Matter, Large-Scale Structure Of Universe

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We use two high-resolution cold dark matter (CDM) simulations to investigate how the formation of clusters of galaxies is related to the distribution of the surrounding mass. It is well known that in CDM universes objects grow in a hierarchical fashion. This process cannot be completely independent of its environment. We show that when clusters form the infall pattern is not random, but shows clear features, which are correlated in time. In addition, this infall pattern correlates with the large-scale structure (LSS) surrounding the cluster. Thus LSS not only exerts a tidal field on clustering but also specifies preferred directions from which clusters are built up. We extend this point of view and study the distribution of mass outside the clusters. We find that LSS shows a mix of both filaments and sheets, which can be clearly identified using the representation chosen for this study. Filaments and sheets appear to be clumpy rather than homogeneous. Having identified filaments we obtain mass estimates for them. We show that the mass fraction in filaments is slightly larger in a low-density universe.

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