English

Halo mass-observable proxy scaling relations and their dependencies on galaxy and group properties

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-11-06 v2

Abstract

Based on the DECaLS shear catalog, we study the scaling relations between halo mass(MhM_{\rm h}) and various proxies for SDSS central galaxies, including stellar mass(MM_*), stellar velocity dispersion(σ\sigma_*), abundance matching halo mass(MAMM_{\rm AM}) and satellite velocity dispersion(σs\sigma_{\rm s}), and their dependencies on galaxy and group properties. In general, these proxies all have strong positive correlations with MhM_{\rm h}, consistent with previous studies. We find that the MhM_{\rm h}-MM_* and MhM_{\rm h}-σ\sigma_* relations depend strongly on group richness(NsatN_{\rm sat}), while the MhM_{\rm h}-MAMM_{\rm AM} and MhM_{\rm h}-σs\sigma_{\rm s} relations are independent of it. Moreover, the dependence on star formation rate(SFR) is rather weak in the MhM_{\rm h}-σ\sigma_* and MhM_{\rm h}-σs\sigma_{\rm s} relations, but very prominent in the other two. σs\sigma_{\rm s} is thus the best proxy among them, and its scaling relation is in good agreement with hydro-dynamical simulations. However, estimating σs\sigma_{\rm s} accurately for individual groups/clusters is challenging because of interlopers and the requirement for sufficient satellites. We construct new proxies by combining MM_*, σ\sigma_*, and MAMM_{\rm AM}, and find the proxy with 30\% contribution from MAMM_{\rm AM} and 70\% from σ\sigma_* can minimize the dependence on NsatN_{\rm sat} and SFR. We obtain the MhM_{\rm h}-supermassive black hole(SMBH) mass relation via the SMBH scaling relation and find indications for rapid and linear growth phases for SMBH. We also find that correlations among MhM_{\rm h}, MM_* and σ\sigma_* change with MM_*, indicating that different processes drive the growth of galaxies and SMBH at different stages.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2305.06803,
  title  = {Halo mass-observable proxy scaling relations and their dependencies on galaxy and group properties},
  author = {Ziwen Zhang and Huiyuan Wang and Wentao Luo and Houjun Mo and Jun Zhang and Xiaohu Yang and Hao Li and Qinxun Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.06803},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

22 pages, 12 figures and 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ