Properties and Origin of Galaxy Velocity Bias in the Illustris Simulation
Abstract
We use hydrodynamical galaxy formation simulations from the Illustris suite to study the origin and properties of galaxy velocity bias, I.e., the difference between the velocity distributions of galaxies and dark matter inside halos. We find that galaxy velocity bias decreases with increasing ratio of galaxy stellar mass to host halo mass. In general, central galaxies are not at rest with respect to dark matter halos or the core of halos, with a velocity dispersion above 0.04 times that of the dark matter. The central galaxy velocity bias is found to be mostly caused by close interactions between the central and satellite galaxies. For satellite galaxies, the velocity bias is related to their dynamical and tidal evolution history after being accreted onto the host halos. It depends on the time after the accretion and their distances from the halo centers, with massive satellites generally moving more slowly than the dark matter. The results are in broad agreement with those inferred from modeling small-scale redshift-space galaxy clustering data, and the study can help improve models of redshift-space galaxy clustering.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- May 2017
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/aa70e7
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1705.02071
- Bibcode:
- 2017ApJ...841...45Y
- Keywords:
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- cosmology: theory;
- galaxies: halos;
- galaxies: statistics;
- large-scale structure of universe;
- methods: numerical;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ