The new semi-analytic code GalICS 2.0-reproducing the galaxy stellar mass function and the Tully-Fisher relation simultaneously

A. Cattaneo*, J. Blaizot, J. E.G. Devriendt, G. A. Mamon, E. Tollet, A. Dekel, B. Guiderdoni, M. Kucukbas, A. C.R. Thob

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Abstract

GalICS 2.0 is a new semi-analytic code to model the formation and evolution of galaxies in a cosmological context. N-body simulations based on a Planck cosmology are used to construct halo merger trees, track subhaloes, compute spins and measure concentrations. The accretion of gas on to galaxies and the morphological evolution of galaxies are modelled with prescriptions derived from hydrodynamic simulations. Star formation and stellar feedback are described with phenomenological models (as in other semi-analytic codes). GalICS 2.0 computes rotation speeds from the gravitational potential of the dark matter, the disc and the central bulge. As the rotation speed depends not only on the virial velocity but also on the ratio of baryons to dark matter within a galaxy, our calculation predicts a different Tully-Fisher relation from models in which vrot ∝ vvir. This is why, GalICS 2.0 is able to reproduce the galaxy stellar mass function and the Tully-Fisher relation simultaneously. Our results are also in agreement with halo masses from weak lensing and satellite kinematics, gas fractions, the relation between star formation rate (SFR) and stellar mass, the evolution of the cosmic SFR density, bulge-to-disc ratios, disc sizes and the Faber-Jackson relation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1401-1427
Number of pages27
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume471
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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Keywords

  • Galaxies: evolution
  • Galaxies: formation
  • Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
  • Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
  • Galaxies: spiral
  • Galaxies: structure

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