The Impact of Baryon Physics on the Structure of High-redshift Galaxies
dc.contributor.author | Zemp, Marcel | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gnedin, Oleg Y. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gnedin, Nickolay Y. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kravtsov, Andrey V. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T15:25:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T15:25:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Zemp, Marcel; Gnedin, Oleg Y.; Gnedin, Nickolay Y.; Kravtsov, Andrey V. (2012). "The Impact of Baryon Physics on the Structure of High-redshift Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 748(1): 54. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98550> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/748/i=1/a=54 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98550 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study the detailed structure of galaxies at redshifts z ≥ 2 using cosmological simulations with improved modeling of the interstellar medium and star formation. The simulations follow the formation and dissociation of molecular hydrogen and include star formation only in cold molecular gas. The molecular gas is more concentrated toward the center of galaxies than the atomic gas, and as a consequence, the resulting stellar distribution is very compact. For halos with total mass above 10 11 M ☉ , the median half-mass radius of the stellar disks is 0.8 kpc at z ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/icons/Entities/ap.gif] {≈ 3. The vertical structure of the molecular disk is much thinner than that of the atomic neutral gas. Relative to the non-radiative run, the inner regions of the dark matter halo change shape from prolate to mildly oblate and align with the stellar disk. However, we do not find evidence for a significant fast-rotating "dark disk" of dark matter around the stellar disk. The outer halo regions retain the orientation acquired during accretion and mergers and are significantly misaligned with the inner regions. The radial profile of the dark matter halo contracts in response to baryon dissipation, establishing an approximately isothermal profile throughout most of the halo. This effect can be accurately described by a modified model of halo contraction. The angular momentum of a fixed amount of inner dark matter is approximately conserved over time, while in the dissipationless case most of it is transferred outward during mergers. The conservation of the dark matter angular momentum provides supporting evidence for the validity of the halo contraction model in a hierarchical galaxy formation process. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
dc.title | The Impact of Baryon Physics on the Structure of High-redshift Galaxies | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/98550/1/0004-637X_748_1_54.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0004-637X/748/1/54 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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