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From Dwarf Spheroidals to cDs: Simulating the Full Galaxy Population in aLCDM Cosmology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2011

M. Koleva ,
Ph. Prugniel ,
I. Vauglin  and
Q. Guo
Q. Guo*
Affiliation:
Institute for Computational Cosmology, Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Abstract

We use the combination of the very large Millennium and Millennium-II simulations to follow galaxy formation over a stellar mass range of more than five orders of magnitude throughout representative cosmological volumes. These are the first simulations to address the abundance and spatial distribution of galaxies ranging from cD’s down to dSph’s. We demonstrate that stronger feedback is needed than in previous models, epically at low mass, if the SDSS stellar mass function is to be matched in a LCDM universe. Models which satisfy this constraint also reproduce the observed abundance of faint dwarfs around the Milky Way and M 31. Only the very faintest objects are significantly affected by the treatment of reionisation. Our model can reproduce most galaxy properties in the local Universe. Problems remain with respect to the stellar age distributions and kinematics of dwarfs.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 48: CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies , 2011 , pp. 447 - 453
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2011

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