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The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters.

Authors :
Pakmor, Rüdiger
Springel, Volker
Coles, Jonathan P
Guillet, Thomas
Pfrommer, Christoph
Bose, Sownak
Barrera, Monica
Delgado, Ana Maria
Ferlito, Fulvio
Frenk, Carlos
Hadzhiyska, Boryana
Hernández-Aguayo, César
Hernquist, Lars
Kannan, Rahul
White, Simon D M
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Sep2023, Vol. 524 Issue 2, p2539-2555. 17p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Cosmological simulations are an important theoretical pillar for understanding non-linear structure formation in our Universe and for relating it to observations on large scales. In several papers, we introduce our MillenniumTNG (MTNG) project that provides a comprehensive set of high-resolution, large-volume simulations of cosmic structure formation aiming to better understand physical processes on large scales and to help interpret upcoming large-scale galaxy surveys. We here focus on the full physics box MTNG740 that computes a volume of |$740\, \mathrm{Mpc}^3$| with a baryonic mass resolution of |$3.1\times ~10^7\, \mathrm{M_\odot }$| using arepo with 80.6 billion cells and the IllustrisTNG galaxy formation model. We verify that the galaxy properties produced by MTNG740 are consistent with the TNG simulations, including more recent observations. We focus on galaxy clusters and analyse cluster scaling relations and radial profiles. We show that both are broadly consistent with various observational constraints. We demonstrate that the SZ-signal on a deep light-cone is consistent with Planck limits. Finally, we compare MTNG740 clusters with galaxy clusters found in Planck and the SDSS-8 RedMaPPer richness catalogue in observational space, finding very good agreement as well. However, simultaneously matching cluster masses, richness, and Compton- y requires us to assume that the SZ mass estimates for Planck clusters are underestimated by 0.2 dex on average. Due to its unprecedented volume for a high-resolution hydrodynamical calculation, the MTNG740 simulation offers rich possibilities to study baryons in galaxies, galaxy clusters, and in large-scale structure, and in particular their impact on upcoming large cosmological surveys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
524
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
170902730
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3620