1. Dipole distortions in the intergalactic medium
- Author
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Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro, Derek Inman, and Ue-Li Pen
- Subjects
Physics ,Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,Cold dark matter ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Relative velocity ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Computational physics ,Baryon ,Nonlinear system ,Correlation function (statistical mechanics) ,Dipole ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Halo ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics ,Line (formation) - Abstract
Baryonic feedback can significantly modify the spatial distribution of matter on small scales and create a bulk relative velocity between the dominant cold dark matter and the hot gas. We study the consequences of such bulk motions using two high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations, one with no feedback and one with very strong feedback. We find that relative velocities of order $100\ {\rm km}\, {\rm s}^{-1}$ are produced in the strong feedback simulation, whereas it is much smaller when there is no feedback. Such relative motions induce dipole distortions to the gas, which we quantify by computing the dipole correlation function. We find halo coordinates and velocities are systematically changed in the direction of the relative velocity. Finally, we discuss potential to observe the relative velocity via large-scale structure, Sunyaev–Zel’dovich and line emission measurements. Given the non-linear nature of this effect, it should next be studied in simulations with different feedback implementations/strengths to determine the available model space.
- Published
- 2019