The SIBELIUS Project: E Pluribus Unum

The SIBELIUS Project : E Pluribus Unum

We introduce 'Simulations Beyond The Local Universe' (SIBELIUS) that connect the Local Group (LG) to its cosmic environment. We show that introducing hierarchical small-scale perturbations to a density field constrained on large scales by observations provides an efficient way to explore the sample space of LG analogues. From more than 60 000 simulations, we identify a hierarchy of LG characteristics emanating from different scales: the total mass, orientation, orbital energy, and the angular momentum are largely determined by modes above lambda = 1.6 comoving Mpc (cMpc) in the primordial density field. Smaller scale variations are mostly manifest as perturbations to the MW-M31 orbit, and we find that the observables commonly used to describe the LG - the MW M31 separation and radial velocity - are transient and depend on specifying scales down to 0.2 cMpc in the primordial density field. We further find that the presence of M33/LMC analogues significantly affects the MW-M31 orbit and its sensitivity to small-scale perturbations. We construct initial conditions that lead to the formation of an LG whose primary observables precisely match the current observations.

McAlpine, Stuart (författare)
Jasche, JensStockholms universitet,Fysikum,Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)(Swepub:su)jeja4711 (författare)
Lavaux, Guilhem (författare)
Jenkins, Adrian (författare)
Johansson, Peter H. (författare)
Frenk, Carlos S. (författare)
Stockholms universitetFysikum (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Oxford University Press (OUP)509:1, s. 1432-14460035-87111365-2966

Av författaren/redakt...: Sawala, Till; McAlpine, Stuart; Jasche, Jens; Lavaux, Guilhem; Jenkins, Adrian; Johansson, Peter ...; visa fler...; Frenk, Carlos S.; visa färre...

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