A quantification of the butterfly effect in cosmological simulations and implications for galaxy scaling relations

We study the chaotic-like behavior of cosmological simulations by quantifying how minute perturbations grow over time and manifest as macroscopic differences in galaxy properties. When we run pairs of “shadow” simulations that are identical except for random minute initial displacements to particle...

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Main Authors: Genel, Shy (Author) , Bryan, Greg L. (Author) , Springel, Volker (Author) , Hernquist, Lars (Author) , Nelson, Dylan (Author) , Pillepich, Annalisa (Author) , Weinberger, Rainer (Author) , Pakmor, Rüdiger (Author) , Marinacci, Federico (Author) , Vogelsberger, Mark (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2019 January 18
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 871, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-27
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf4bb
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaf4bb
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Author Notes:Shy Genel, Greg L. Bryan, Volker Springel, Lars Hernquist, Dylan Nelson, Annalisa Pillepich, Rainer Weinberger, Rüdiger Pakmor, Federico Marinacci and Mark Vogelsberger

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