Font, AS, McCarthy, IG, Poole-Mckenzie, R, Stafford, SG, Brown, ST, Schaye, J, Crain, RA, Theuns, T and Schaller, M (2020) The ARTEMIS simulations: stellar haloes of Milky Way-mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498 (2). pp. 1765-1785. ISSN 0035-8711

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Abstract

We introduce the ARTEMIS simulations, a new set of 42 zoomed-in, high-resolution (baryon particle mass of ~ 2x10^4 Msun/h), hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies residing in haloes of Milky Way mass, simulated with the EAGLE galaxy formation code with re-calibrated stellar feedback. In this study, we analyse the structure of stellar haloes, specifically the mass density, surface brightness, metallicity, colour and age radial profiles, finding generally very good agreement with recent observations of local galaxies. The stellar density profiles are well fitted by broken power laws, with inner slopes of ~ -3, outer slopes of ~ -4 and break radii that are typically ~ 20-40 kpc. The break radii generally mark the transition between in situ formation and accretion-driven formation of the halo. The metallicity, colour and age profiles show mild large-scale gradients, particularly when spherically-averaged or viewed along the major axes. Along the minor axes, however, the profiles are nearly flat, in agreement with observations. Overall, the structural properties can be understood by two factors: that in situ stars dominate the inner regions and that they reside in a spatially-flattened distribution that is aligned with the disc. Observations targeting both the major and minor axes of galaxies are thus required to obtain a complete picture of stellar haloes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
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Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2020 12:16
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 06:43
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/mnras/staa2463
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13603

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