A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved

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Autores: Snaith, Owain N., Gibson, Brad K., Brook, Chris B., Courty, Stéphanie, Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia, Kawata, Daisuke, Knebe, Alexander, Sales, Laura V.
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Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Palabra clave:Galaxies: clusters
Galaxies: formation
Galaxies: groups
Galaxies: haloes
Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
Física
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
title A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
spellingShingle A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
Snaith, Owain N.
Galaxies: clusters
Galaxies: formation
Galaxies: groups
Galaxies: haloes
Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
Física
title_short A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
title_full A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
title_fullStr A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
title_sort A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic models
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Snaith, Owain N.
Gibson, Brad K.
Brook, Chris B.
Courty, Stéphanie
Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia
Kawata, Daisuke
Knebe, Alexander
Sales, Laura V.
author Snaith, Owain N.
author_facet Snaith, Owain N.
Gibson, Brad K.
Brook, Chris B.
Courty, Stéphanie
Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia
Kawata, Daisuke
Knebe, Alexander
Sales, Laura V.
author_role author
author2 Gibson, Brad K.
Brook, Chris B.
Courty, Stéphanie
Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia
Kawata, Daisuke
Knebe, Alexander
Sales, Laura V.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Física Teórica
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Galaxies: clusters
Galaxies: formation
Galaxies: groups
Galaxies: haloes
Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
Física
topic Galaxies: clusters
Galaxies: formation
Galaxies: groups
Galaxies: haloes
Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
Física
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spelling A comparison of galaxy group luminosity functions from semi-analytic modelsSnaith, Owain N.Gibson, Brad K.Brook, Chris B.Courty, StéphanieSánchez-Blázquez, PatriciaKawata, DaisukeKnebe, AlexanderSales, Laura V.Galaxies: clustersGalaxies: formationGalaxies: groupsGalaxies: haloesGalaxies: luminosity function, mass functionFísicaThis article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reservedSemi-analytic models (SAMs) are currently one of the primary tools with which we model statistically significant ensembles of galaxies. The underlying physical prescriptions inherent to each SAM are, in many cases, different from one another. Several SAMs have been applied to the dark matter merger trees extracted from the Millennium Run, including those associated with the well-known Munich and Durham lineages. We compare the predicted luminosity distributions of galaxy groups using four publicly available SAMs, in order to explore a galactic environment in which the models have not been explored to the same degree as they have in the field or in rich clusters. We identify a characteristic 'wiggle' in the group galaxy luminosity function generated using the De Lucia et al. SAM, which is not present in the Durham-based models, consistent to some degree with observations. However, a comparison between conditional luminosity functions of groups between the models and observations suggests that neither model is a particularly good match. The luminosity function wiggle is interpreted as the result of the two-mode active galactic nucleus feedback implementation used in the Munich models, which itself results in flattened magnitude gap distribution. An associated analysis of the magnitude gap distribution between first- and second-ranked group galaxies shows that while the Durham models yield distributions with approximately equal luminosity first- and second-ranked galaxies, in agreement with observations, the De Lucia et al. models favour the scenario in which the second-ranked galaxy is approximately 1 mag fainter than the primary, especially when the dynamic range of the mock data is limited to 3 mag.ONS acknowledges the support of the STFC through its PhD Studentship Programme. BKG and CBB acknowledge the support of the UK Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC Grant ST/F002432/1) and the Commonwealth Cosmology Initiative; visitor support (PS-B, DK, AK and LVS) from the STFC (ST/G003025/1) is similarly acknowledged. PS-B acknowledges the support of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 6th European Community Framework Programme. AK and PS-B are supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) in Spain through the Ramón y Cajal programme. The Millennium Simulation data bases used in this paper and the web application providing online access to them were constructed as part of the activities of the German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory. Access to the University of Central Lancashire’s High Performance Computing Facility is gratefully acknowledged. We acknowledge the computational support provided by the UK National Cosmology Supercomputer, COSMOS. We thank the DEISA consortium, cofunded through EU FP6 project RI-031513 and the FP7 project RI-222919, for support within the DEISA Extreme Computing InitiativeRoyal Astronomical SocietyOxford University PressDepartamento de Física TeóricaFacultad de Ciencias20112011-08-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/666623https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18907.xreponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengEuropean Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Framework Programme Seven 222919open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6666232026-06-23T12:46:27Z
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