Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-03-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 7 figures, A&A accepted 05/03/02
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020339
We use a novel statistical tool, the mark correlation functions (MCFs), to study clustering of galaxy-size halos as a function of their properties and environment in a high-resolution numerical simulation of the LambdaCDM cosmology. We applied MCFs using several types of continuous and discrete marks: maximum circular velocity of halos, merger mark indicating whether halos experienced or not a major merger in their evolution history, and a stripping mark indicating whether the halo underwent a tidal stripping. We find that halos which experienced a relatively early (z>1) major merger or mass loss (due to tidal stripping) in their evolution histories are over-abundant in halo pairs with separations < 3 Mpc/h. This result can be interpreted as spatial segregation of halos with different merger histories, qualitatively similar to the morphological segregation in the observed galaxy distribution. The analysis presented in this paper demonstrate that MCFs provide powerful, yet algorithmically simple, quantitative measures of segregation in the spatial distribution of objects with respect to their various properties (marks).
Faltenbacher Andreas
Gottloeber Stefan
Kerscher Martin
Klypin Anatoly
Kravtsov Andrey V.
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