Dark Matter Halo Spin of the Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5288: Insights from Observations, N-body and Cosmological Simulations

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Main Authors: Ansar, Sioree, Kataria, Sandeep K, Das, Mousumi
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Published: 2023
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author Ansar, Sioree
Kataria, Sandeep K
Das, Mousumi
author_facet Ansar, Sioree
Kataria, Sandeep K
Das, Mousumi
contents Dark matter (DM) halo angular momentum is very challenging to determine from observations of galaxies. In this study, we present a new hybrid method of estimating the dimensionless halo angular momentum, halo spin of a gas-rich dwarf barred galaxy UGC5288 using N-Body/SPH simulations. We forward model the galaxy disk properties: stellar and gas mass, surface densities, disk scalelengths, bar length and bar ellipticity from observations. We use the HI rotation curve to constrain the DM halo density profile and further use the bar properties to determine the models that best represent the observed baryonic disk. We compare the halo spin profile from our models to the halo spin profiles of similar mass dwarf galaxy analogues of UGC5288 in the TNG50 simulations. The halo spin profile from our simulated models matches within ballpark values of the median spin profile of UGC5288 analogues in the TNG50 simulations, although there are some uncertainties due to the DM halo evolutionary history.
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spellingShingle Dark Matter Halo Spin of the Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5288: Insights from Observations, N-body and Cosmological Simulations
Ansar, Sioree
Kataria, Sandeep K
Das, Mousumi
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Dark matter (DM) halo angular momentum is very challenging to determine from observations of galaxies. In this study, we present a new hybrid method of estimating the dimensionless halo angular momentum, halo spin of a gas-rich dwarf barred galaxy UGC5288 using N-Body/SPH simulations. We forward model the galaxy disk properties: stellar and gas mass, surface densities, disk scalelengths, bar length and bar ellipticity from observations. We use the HI rotation curve to constrain the DM halo density profile and further use the bar properties to determine the models that best represent the observed baryonic disk. We compare the halo spin profile from our models to the halo spin profiles of similar mass dwarf galaxy analogues of UGC5288 in the TNG50 simulations. The halo spin profile from our simulated models matches within ballpark values of the median spin profile of UGC5288 analogues in the TNG50 simulations, although there are some uncertainties due to the DM halo evolutionary history.
title Dark Matter Halo Spin of the Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5288: Insights from Observations, N-body and Cosmological Simulations
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.09952