Dark-matter-deficient galaxies in hydrodynamical simulations

Yingjie Jing; Chunxiang Wang; Ran Li; Shihong Liao; Jie Wang; Qi Guo; Liang Gao

doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1839

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Dark-matter-deficient galaxies in hydrodynamical simulations

arXiv:1811.09070 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1839

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Low mass galaxies are expected to be dark matter dominated even within their centrals. Recently two observations reported two dwarf galaxies in group environment with very little dark matter in their centrals. We explore the population and origins of dark-matter-deficient galaxies (DMDGs) in two state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations, the EAGLE and Illustris projects. For all satellite galaxies with $1 0^{9} < M_{*} < 1 0^{10}$ M $_{⊙}$ in groups with $M_{200} > 1 0^{13}$ M $_{⊙}$ , we find that about $2.6%$ of them in the EAGLE, and $1.5%$ in the Illustris are DMDGs with dark matter fractions below $50%$ inside two times half-stellar-mass radii. We demonstrate that DMDGs are highly tidal disrupted galaxies; and because dark matter has higher binding energy than stars, mass loss of the dark matter is much more rapid than stars in DMDGs during tidal interactions. If DMDGs were confirmed in observations, they are expected in current galaxy formation models.

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Dark-matter-deficient galaxies in hydrodynamical simulations

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