Cosmological evolution of metallicity correlation functions from the Auriga simulations
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| author | Li, Zefeng Grand, Robert J. J. Wisnioski, Emily Mendel, J. Trevor Krumholz, Mark R. Ting, Yuan-Sen Pakmor, Ruediger Gómez, Facundo A. Marinacci, Federico Ciucă, Ioana |
| author_facet | Li, Zefeng Grand, Robert J. J. Wisnioski, Emily Mendel, J. Trevor Krumholz, Mark R. Ting, Yuan-Sen Pakmor, Ruediger Gómez, Facundo A. Marinacci, Federico Ciucă, Ioana |
| contents | We study the cosmological evolution of the two-point correlation functions of galactic gas-phase metal distributions using the 28 simulated galaxies from the Auriga Project. Using mock observations of the $z = 0$ snapshots to mimic our past work, we show that the correlation functions of the simulated mock observations are well matched to the correlation functions measured from local galaxy surveys. This comparison suggests that the simulations capture the processes important for determining metal correlation lengths, the key parameter in metallicity correlation functions. We investigate the evolution of metallicity correlations over cosmic time using the true simulation data, showing that individual galaxies undergo no significant systematic evolution in their metal correlation functions from $z\sim 3$ to today. In addition, the fluctuations in metal correlation length are correlated with but lag ahead fluctuations in star formation rate. This suggests that re-arrangement of metals within galaxies occurs at a higher cadence than star formation activity, and is more sensitive to the changes of environment, such as galaxy mergers, gas inflows / outflows, and fly-bys. |
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| spellingShingle | Cosmological evolution of metallicity correlation functions from the Auriga simulations Li, Zefeng Grand, Robert J. J. Wisnioski, Emily Mendel, J. Trevor Krumholz, Mark R. Ting, Yuan-Sen Pakmor, Ruediger Gómez, Facundo A. Marinacci, Federico Ciucă, Ioana Astrophysics of Galaxies We study the cosmological evolution of the two-point correlation functions of galactic gas-phase metal distributions using the 28 simulated galaxies from the Auriga Project. Using mock observations of the $z = 0$ snapshots to mimic our past work, we show that the correlation functions of the simulated mock observations are well matched to the correlation functions measured from local galaxy surveys. This comparison suggests that the simulations capture the processes important for determining metal correlation lengths, the key parameter in metallicity correlation functions. We investigate the evolution of metallicity correlations over cosmic time using the true simulation data, showing that individual galaxies undergo no significant systematic evolution in their metal correlation functions from $z\sim 3$ to today. In addition, the fluctuations in metal correlation length are correlated with but lag ahead fluctuations in star formation rate. This suggests that re-arrangement of metals within galaxies occurs at a higher cadence than star formation activity, and is more sensitive to the changes of environment, such as galaxy mergers, gas inflows / outflows, and fly-bys. |
| title | Cosmological evolution of metallicity correlation functions from the Auriga simulations |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08632 |