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The AGORA High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project. V. Satellite Galaxy Populations in a Cosmological Zoom-in Simulation of a Milky Way-Mass Halo

Jung, Minyong
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Roca-Fabrega, Santi
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Kim, Ji-hoon
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April 1, 2024
The Astrophysical Journal

We analyze and compare the satellite halo populations at z similar to 2 in the high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations of a 1012 M circle dot target halo (z = 0 mass) carried out on eight widely used astrophysical simulation codes (Art-I, Enzo, Ramses, Changa, Gadget-3, Gear, Arepo-t, and Gizmo) for the AGORA High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project. We use slightly different redshift epochs near z = 2 for each code (hereafter "z similar to 2") at which the eight simulations are in the same stage in the target halo's merger history. After identifying the matched pairs of halos between the CosmoRun simulations and the DMO simulations, we discover that each CosmoRun halo tends to be less massive than its DMO counterpart. When we consider only the halos containing stellar particles at z similar to 2, the number of satellite galaxies is significantly fewer than that of dark matter halos in all participating AGORA simulations and is comparable to the number of present-day satellites near the Milky Way or M31. The so-called "missing satellite problem" is fully resolved across all participating codes simply by implementing the common baryonic physics adopted in AGORA and the stellar feedback prescription commonly used in each code, with sufficient numerical resolution (less than or similar to 100 proper pc at z = 2). We also compare other properties such as the stellar mass-halo mass relation and the mass-metallicity relation. Our work highlights the value of comparison studies such as AGORA, where outstanding problems in galaxy formation theory are studied simultaneously on multiple numerical platforms.

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DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/ad245b
Web of Science ID

WOS:001189207100001

Author(s)
Jung, Minyong
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Roca-Fabrega, Santi
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Kim, Ji-hoon
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Genina, Anna
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Hausammann, Loic
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Kim, Hyeonyong
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Lupi, Alessandro
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Nagamine, Kentaro
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Powell, Johnny W.
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Revaz, Yves  
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Corporate authors
GORA Collaboration
Date Issued

2024-04-01

Publisher

Iop Publishing Ltd

Published in
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume

964

Issue

2

Start page

123

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Dark-Matter

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Dwarf Galaxies

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Initial Conditions

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Local Group

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Evolution

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Substructure

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Baryons

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Physics

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Impact

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Fire

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LASTRO  
FunderGrant Number

DOE Office of Science User Facility

Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy

DE-AC02-05CH11231

Samsung Science and Technology Foundation

SSTF-BA1802-04

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April 3, 2024
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/206979
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