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We model the acquisition of spin by dark-matter halos in semi-analytic merger trees. We explore two different algorithms; one in which halo spin is acquired from the orbital angular momentum of merging satellites, and another in which halo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Ariyeh H. Maller , Avishai Dekel , Rachel S. Somerville

We use the IllustrisTNG300-ODM simulation to investigate the spin bias of low-mass halos and its connection to the strong clustering of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) reported by Zhang et al. (2025). By comparing two halo spin…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-14 Qinglin Ma , Cheng Li , Yangyao Chen , Houjun Mo

We derive the distribution of the dimensionless specific angular momentum of dark matter halos, $P(j)$, in the framework of the standard tidal torque theory, and explain the characteristic shape of $P(j)$ commonly observed in N-body…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Tzihong Chiueh , Jounghun Lee , Lihwai Lin

The halo spin flip refers to the phenomenon that the spin axes of dark matter halos with masses above a certain threshold tend to be preferentially aligned perpendicular to the hosting large-scale filaments, while low-mass halos tend to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Jounghun Lee , Noam I Libeskind , Suho Ryu

Halo bias links the statistical properties of the spatial distribution of dark matter halos to those of the underlying dark matter field, providing insights into clustering properties in both general relativity (GR) and modified-gravity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Jorge Enrique García-Farieta , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Andrés Balaguera-Antolínez

Numerical simulations show that redshift space distortions (RSD) introduce strong scale dependence in the power spectra of halos, with ten percent deviations relative to linear theory predictions even on relatively large scales (k<0.1h/Mpc)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Zvonimir Vlah , Uroš Seljak , Teppei Okumura , Vincent Desjacques

We propose a physical model for nonlinear stochastic biasing of one-point statistics resulting from the formation epoch distribution of dark halos. In contrast to previous works on the basis of extensive numerical simulations, our model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-16 Atsushi Taruya , Yasushi Suto

We study the formation of dark matter halos in the concordance LCDM model over a wide range of redshifts, from z=20 to the present. Our primary focus is the halo mass function, a key probe of cosmology. By performing a large suite of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zarija Lukic , Katrin Heitmann , Salman Habib , Sergei Bashinsky , Paul M. Ricker

We carry out a systematic investigation of the total mass density profile of massive (Mstar~3e11 Msun) early-type galaxies and its dependence on redshift, specifically in the range 0<z<1. We start from a large sample of SDSS early-type…

We employ a semi-analytical methodology to estimate the dark matter halo spin of HI-rich galaxies in the Arecibo Legacy Fast Alfa Survey and investigate the relationship between halo spin and the proximity of galaxies to cosmic filaments.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-03 Shihong Liu , Yu Rong

We derive the stellar-to-halo specific angular momentum relation (SHSAMR) of galaxies at $z=0$ by combining i) the standard $\Lambda$CDM tidal torque theory ii) the observed relation between stellar mass and specific angular momentum (Fall…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-17 Lorenzo Posti , Gabriele Pezzulli , Filippo Fraternali , Enrico di Teodoro

We study the probability distribution function (PDF) of relative velocity between two different dark matter halos (i.e. pairwise velocity) with a set of high-resolution cosmological $N$-body simulations. We investigate the pairwise velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Masato Shirasaki , Eric M. Huff , Katarina Markovic , Jason D. Rhodes

We study the connection between galaxy morphology and host dark matter (DM) halo structure using cosmological simulations. Introducing a new kinematic decomposition scheme, we robustly separate thin and thick discs and measure halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Jinning Liang , Fangzhou Jiang , Houjun Mo , Andrew Benson , Avishai Dekel , Noa Tavron , Philip F. Hopkins , Luis C. Ho

(Abridged) We report results of a series of non radiative N-body/SPH simulations in a LCDM cosmology. We find that the spin of the baryonic component is on average larger than that of the dark matter (DM) component and we find this effect…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sanjib Sharma , Matthias Steinmetz

Context. The clustering of dark-matter halos depends primarily on halo mass. However, at fixed halo mass, numerical simulations have revealed multiple secondary dependencies. This so-called secondary halo bias has important implications for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-13 Yigon Kim , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Rory Smith , Jong-Ho Shinn

Investigating the spin parameter distribution of subhaloes in two high resolution isolated halo simulations, re- cent work by Onions et al. suggested that typical subhalo spins are consistently lower than the spin distribution found for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-12 Yang Wang , Weipeng Lin , Frazer R. Pearce , Hanni Lux , Stuart I. Muldrew , Julian Onions

We use N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of the orientation and magnitude of dark matter halo angular momentum within the large scale structure since z=3. We look at the evolution of the alignment of halo spins with filaments…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-20 Holly E. Trowland , Geraint F. Lewis , Joss Bland-Hawthorn

The evolution of the spin parameter of dark halos and the dependence on the halo merging history in a set of dissipationless cosmological LCDM simulations is investigated. Special focus is placed on the differences of the two commonly used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Helmut Hetznecker , Andreas Burkert

Using the SDSS spectroscopic sample, we estimate the dark matter halo spin parameter lambda for ~53,000 disk galaxies for which MOPED star formation histories are available. We investigate the relationship between spin and total stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zachory K. Berta , Raul Jimenez , Alan F. Heavens , Ben Panter

The total specific angular momentum j of a galaxy disk is matched with that of its dark matter halo, but the distributions are different, in that there is a lack of both low- and high-j baryons with respect to the CDM predictions. I…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-21 Sarah M. Sweet , Deanne B. Fisher , Karl Glazebrook , Danail Obreschkow , Claudia D. P. Lagos , Liang Wang