The distinct stellar-to-halo mass relations of satellite and central galaxies: insights from the IllustrisTNG simulations

We study the stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) for central and satellite galaxies with total dynamical masses above $10^{10.5}\, \rm {M}_\odot$ using the suite of cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations IllustrisTNG. In particular, we quantify environmental effects on satellite populations...

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Hauptverfasser: Engler, Christoph (VerfasserIn) , Pillepich, Annalisa (VerfasserIn) , Joshi, Gandhali D. (VerfasserIn) , Nelson, Dylan (VerfasserIn) , Pasquali, Anna (VerfasserIn) , Grebel, Eva K. (VerfasserIn) , Lisker, Thorsten (VerfasserIn) , Zinger, Elad (VerfasserIn) , Donnari, Martina (VerfasserIn) , Marinacci, Federico (VerfasserIn) , Vogelsberger, Mark (VerfasserIn) , Hernquist, Lars (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 500, Heft: 3, Pages: 3957-3975$p19
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/staa3505
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3505
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Verfasserangaben:Christoph Engler, Annalisa Pillepich, Gandhali D Joshi, Dylan Nelson, Anna Pasquali, Eva K Grebel, Thorsten Lisker, Elad Zinger, Martina Donnari, Federico Marinacci, Mark Vogelsberger and Lars Hernquist
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Zusammenfassung:We study the stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) for central and satellite galaxies with total dynamical masses above $10^{10.5}\, \rm {M}_\odot$ using the suite of cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations IllustrisTNG. In particular, we quantify environmental effects on satellite populations from TNG50, TNG100, and TNG300 located within the virial radius of group- and cluster-like hosts with total masses of $10^{12\!-\!15.2}\, \rm {M}_\odot$. At fixed stellar mass, the satellite SHMR exhibits a distinct shift towards lower dynamical mass compared to the SHMR of centrals. Conversely, at fixed dynamical mass, satellite galaxies appear to have larger stellar-to-total mass fractions than centrals by up to a factor of a few. The systematic deviation from the central SHMR is larger for satellites in more massive hosts, at smaller cluster-centric distances, with earlier infall times, and that inhabits higher local density environments; moreover, it is in place already at early times (z ≲ 2). Systematic environmental effects might contribute to the perceived galaxy-to-galaxy variation in the measured SHMR when galaxies cannot be separated into satellites and centrals. The SHMR of satellites exhibits a larger scatter than centrals (by up to ∼0.8 dex), over the whole range of dynamical mass. The shift of the satellite SHMR results mostly from tidal stripping of their dark matter, which affects satellites in an outside-in fashion: The departure of the satellite SHMR from the centrals’ relation diminishes for measurements of dynamical mass in progressively smaller apertures. Finally, we provide a family of fitting functions for the SHMR predicted by IllustrisTNG.
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ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/staa3505