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Simpson, CM, Grand, RJJ, Gómez, FA, Marinacci, F, Pakmor, R, Springel, V, Campbell, DJR and Frenk, CS (2018) Quenching and ram pressure stripping of simulated Milky Way satellite galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478 (1). pp. 548-567. ISSN 0035-8711
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Abstract
We present predictions for the quenching of star formation in satellite galaxies of the Local Group from a suite of 30 cosmological zoom simulations of MilkyWay-like host galaxies. The Auriga simulations resolve satellites down to the luminosity of the classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies of theMilkyWay. We find strong mass-dependent and distance-dependent quenching signals, where dwarf systems beyond 600 kpc are only strongly quenched below a stellar mass of 107M⊙. Ram pressure stripping appears to be the dominant quenching mechanism and 50 per cent of quenched systems cease star formation within 1 Gyr of first infall. We demonstrate that systems within a host galaxy's R200 radius are comprised of two populations: (i) a first infall population that has entered the host halo within the past few Gyrs and (ii) a population of returning 'backsplash' systems that have had a much more extended interaction with the host. Backsplash galaxies that do not return to the host galaxy by redshift zero exhibit quenching properties similar to galaxies within R200 and are distinct from other external systems. The simulated quenching trend with stellar mass has some tension with observations, but our simulations are able reproduce the range of quenching times measured from resolved stellar populations of Local Group dwarf galaxies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2018 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2023 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2023 11:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1093/MNRAS/STY774 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19335 |
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