Measurements of the angular momentum-mass relations in the Simba simulation
arXiv:2211.06064 · doi:10.1016/j.newast.2022.101964
Abstract
We present measurements of the specific angular momentum content (j) of galaxies drawn from the Simba cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. For the stellar, HI and baryonic matter components we demonstrate the existence of extremely tight relations between j and the mass contained within the radius at which the HI mass surface density decreases to 1 Msun/pc^2. These relations are broadly consistent with a variety of empirical measurements. We confirm the observational result that the scatter in the stellar j-M relation is driven largely by HI content, and measure the dependence of its scatter on the deviations of galaxies from other important scaling relations. For a given stellar mass, HI-rich/poor galaxies have more/less-than-average stellar specific angular momentum. A similar, yet weaker, correlation exists for HI mass fraction. Overall, our results demonstrate the utility of the Simba simulations as a platform for understanding and contextualising the data and results from forthcoming large galaxy surveys.
Published in New Astronomy. 8 pages, 4 figures. Free, full access available until 30 December 2022 via: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1g3JF4wjQh8%7Eiu
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