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Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars

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  • Volker Springel

    (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics)

  • Simon D. M. White

    (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics)

  • Adrian Jenkins

    (University of Durham)

  • Carlos S. Frenk

    (University of Durham)

  • Naoki Yoshida

    (Nagoya University)

  • Liang Gao

    (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics)

  • Julio Navarro

    (University of Victoria)

  • Robert Thacker

    (McMaster University)

  • Darren Croton

    (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics)

  • John Helly

    (University of Durham)

  • John A. Peacock

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Shaun Cole

    (University of Durham)

  • Peter Thomas

    (University of Sussex)

  • Hugh Couchman

    (McMaster University)

  • August Evrard

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jörg Colberg

    (University of Pittsburgh)

  • Frazer Pearce

    (University of Nottingham)

Abstract

The cold dark matter model has become the leading theoretical picture for the formation of structure in the Universe. This model, together with the theory of cosmic inflation, makes a clear prediction for the initial conditions for structure formation and predicts that structures grow hierarchically through gravitational instability. Testing this model requires that the precise measurements delivered by galaxy surveys can be compared to robust and equally precise theoretical calculations. Here we present a simulation of the growth of dark matter structure using 2,1603 particles, following them from redshift z = 127 to the present in a cube-shaped region 2.230 billion lightyears on a side. In postprocessing, we also follow the formation and evolution of the galaxies and quasars. We show that baryon-induced features in the initial conditions of the Universe are reflected in distorted form in the low-redshift galaxy distribution, an effect that can be used to constrain the nature of dark energy with future generations of observational surveys of galaxies.

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  • Volker Springel & Simon D. M. White & Adrian Jenkins & Carlos S. Frenk & Naoki Yoshida & Liang Gao & Julio Navarro & Robert Thacker & Darren Croton & John Helly & John A. Peacock & Shaun Cole & Peter , 2005. "Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars," Nature, Nature, vol. 435(7042), pages 629-636, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:435:y:2005:i:7042:d:10.1038_nature03597
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03597
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    1. Shiozawa, Yui & Miller, Bruce N., 2016. "Cosmology in one dimension: A two-component model," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 86-91.
    2. G.-Fivos Sargentis & Theano Iliopoulou & Stavroula Sigourou & Panayiotis Dimitriadis & Demetris Koutsoyiannis, 2020. "Evolution of Clustering Quantified by a Stochastic Method—Case Studies on Natural and Human Social Structures," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-22, September.
    3. Chacón-Cardona, C.A. & Casas-Miranda, R.A. & Muñoz-Cuartas, J.C., 2016. "Multi-fractal analysis and lacunarity spectrum of the dark matter haloes in the SDSS-DR7," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 22-33.
    4. García-Farieta, J.E. & Casas-Miranda, R.A., 2018. "Effect of observational holes in fractal analysis of galaxy survey masks," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 128-137.

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