Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-01-14
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 311 (2000) 423
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages + 5 figures, significantly revised (collapse factor properly calculated, agreement with N-body simulations dramatical
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03082.x
I propose a modification of the spherical infall model for the evolution of density fluctuations with initially Gaussian probability distribution and scale-free power spectra in Einstein-de Sitter universe as developed by Hoffman & Shaham. I introduce a generalized form of the initial density distribution around an overdense region and cut it off at half the inter-peak separation accounting in this way for the presence of the neighbouring fluctuations. Contrary to the original predictions of Hoffman & Shaham the resulting density profiles within virial radii no longer have power-law shape but their steepness increases with distance. The profiles of halos of galactic mass are well fitted by the universal profile formula of changing slope obtained as a result of N-body simulations by Navarro, Frenk & White. The trend of steeper profiles for smaller masses and higher spectral indices is also reproduced. The agreement between the model and simulations is better for smaller masses and lower spectral indices which suggests that galaxies form mainly by accretion while formation of clusters involves merging.
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