Environmental effects on satellite galaxies from the perspective of cold gas

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Main Authors: Chen, Hongxing, Xie, Lizhi, Wang, Jie, Hu, Wenkai, De Lucia, Gabriella, Fontanot, Fabio, Hirschamnn, Michaela
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author Chen, Hongxing
Xie, Lizhi
Wang, Jie
Hu, Wenkai
De Lucia, Gabriella
Fontanot, Fabio
Hirschamnn, Michaela
author_facet Chen, Hongxing
Xie, Lizhi
Wang, Jie
Hu, Wenkai
De Lucia, Gabriella
Fontanot, Fabio
Hirschamnn, Michaela
contents Environment plays a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of satellite galaxies. Analyzing the properties related to the cold gas phase of satellites provides insights into unravelling the complexity of environmental effects. We use the hydro-dynamical simulations Illustris TNG and Eagle, and the semi-analytic models (SAMs) GAEA and L-Galaxies, in comparison with recent observations from the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), to investigate the properties of satellite galaxies hosted by halos with mass $M_{200}>10^{12.8}M_\odot$, and within projected regions $\le 1.1$ virial radius $R_{200}$. Generally, satellite galaxies selected from semi-analytic models have more HI than those selected from hydro-dynamical simulations across all projected radii, e.g. more than 30% of satellites in the two hydro-simulations are HI depleted, while this fraction is almost zero in SAMs. Furthermore, both hydro-dynamical simulations and SAMs reproduce the observed decrease of HI content and specific star-formation rate (sSFR) towards the halo centre. However, the trend is steeper in two hydro-dynamical simulations TNG and EAGLE, resulting in a better agreement with the observational data, especially in more massive halos. By comparing the two version of GAEA, we find that the inclusion of ram-pressure stripping of cold gas significantly improves the predictions on HI fractions. The refined hot gas stripping method employed in one of the two L-Galaxies models also yields improved results.
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spellingShingle Environmental effects on satellite galaxies from the perspective of cold gas
Chen, Hongxing
Xie, Lizhi
Wang, Jie
Hu, Wenkai
De Lucia, Gabriella
Fontanot, Fabio
Hirschamnn, Michaela
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Environment plays a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of satellite galaxies. Analyzing the properties related to the cold gas phase of satellites provides insights into unravelling the complexity of environmental effects. We use the hydro-dynamical simulations Illustris TNG and Eagle, and the semi-analytic models (SAMs) GAEA and L-Galaxies, in comparison with recent observations from the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), to investigate the properties of satellite galaxies hosted by halos with mass $M_{200}>10^{12.8}M_\odot$, and within projected regions $\le 1.1$ virial radius $R_{200}$. Generally, satellite galaxies selected from semi-analytic models have more HI than those selected from hydro-dynamical simulations across all projected radii, e.g. more than 30% of satellites in the two hydro-simulations are HI depleted, while this fraction is almost zero in SAMs. Furthermore, both hydro-dynamical simulations and SAMs reproduce the observed decrease of HI content and specific star-formation rate (sSFR) towards the halo centre. However, the trend is steeper in two hydro-dynamical simulations TNG and EAGLE, resulting in a better agreement with the observational data, especially in more massive halos. By comparing the two version of GAEA, we find that the inclusion of ram-pressure stripping of cold gas significantly improves the predictions on HI fractions. The refined hot gas stripping method employed in one of the two L-Galaxies models also yields improved results.
title Environmental effects on satellite galaxies from the perspective of cold gas
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07158