Origin and evolution of halo bias in linear and non-linear regimes

Details Origin and evolution of halo bias in linear and non-linear regimes Origin and evolution of halo bias in linear and non-linear regimes

1998-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9812311v1

Astrophys.J. 520 (1999) 437-453

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to the Astrophys.Journal; 19 pages, 9 figures LaTeX (uses emulateapj.sty)

Scientific paper

10.1086/307495

We present results from a study of bias and its evolution for galaxy-size halos in a large, high-resolution simulation of a LCDM model. We consider the evolution of bias estimated using two-point correlation function (b_xi), power spectrum (b_P), and a direct correlation of smoothed halo and matter overdensity fields (b_d). We present accurate estimates of the evolution of the matter power spectrum probed deep into the stable clustering regime (k~[0.1-200]h/Mpc at z=0). The halo power spectrum evolves much slower than the power spectrum of matter and has a different shape which indicates that the bias is time- and scale-dependent. At z=0, the halo power spectrum is anti-biased with respect to the matter power spectrum at wavenumbers k~[0.15-30]h/Mpc, and provides an excellent match to the power spectrum of the APM galaxies at all probed k. In particular, it nicely matches the inflection observed in the APM power spectrum at k~0.15h/Mpc. We complement the power spectrum analysis with a direct estimate of bias using smoothed halo and matter overdensity fields and show that the evolution observed in the simulation in linear and mildly non-linear regimes can be well described by the analytical model of Mo & White (1996), if the distinction between formation redshift of halos and observation epoch is introduced into the model. We present arguments and evidence that at higher overdensities, the evolution of bias is significantly affected by dynamical friction and tidal stripping operating on the satellite halos in high-density regions of clusters and groups; we attribute the strong anti-bias observed in the halo correlation function and power spectrum to these effects. (Abridged)

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