The f(ℛ) halo mass function in the cosmic web

An important indicator of modified gravity is the effect of the local environment on halo properties. This paper examines the influence of the local tidal structure on the halo mass function, the halo orientation, spin and the concentration-mass relation. We use the excursion set formalism to produc...

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Main Authors: Braun-Bates, F, Winther, H, Alonso, D, Devriendt, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Institute of Physics 2017
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author Braun-Bates, F
Winther, H
Alonso, D
Devriendt, J
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description An important indicator of modified gravity is the effect of the local environment on halo properties. This paper examines the influence of the local tidal structure on the halo mass function, the halo orientation, spin and the concentration-mass relation. We use the excursion set formalism to produce a halo mass function conditional on large-scale structure. Our simple model agrees well with simulations on large scales at which the density field is linear or weakly non-linear. Beyond this, our principal result is that f() does affect halo abundances, the halo spin parameter and the concentration-mass relationship in an environment-independent way, whereas we find no appreciable deviation from \text{ΛCDM} for the mass function with fixed environment density, nor the alignment of the orientation and spin vectors of the halo to the eigenvectors of the local cosmic web. There is a general trend for greater deviation from \text{ΛCDM} in underdense environments and for high-mass haloes, as expected from chameleon screening.
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spelling oxford-uuid:e9e1cf43-aaf9-48fe-a160-a282ac06f5c32022-03-27T10:57:32ZThe f(ℛ) halo mass function in the cosmic webJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e9e1cf43-aaf9-48fe-a160-a282ac06f5c3Symplectic Elements at OxfordInstitute of Physics2017Braun-Bates, FWinther, HAlonso, DDevriendt, JAn important indicator of modified gravity is the effect of the local environment on halo properties. This paper examines the influence of the local tidal structure on the halo mass function, the halo orientation, spin and the concentration-mass relation. We use the excursion set formalism to produce a halo mass function conditional on large-scale structure. Our simple model agrees well with simulations on large scales at which the density field is linear or weakly non-linear. Beyond this, our principal result is that f() does affect halo abundances, the halo spin parameter and the concentration-mass relationship in an environment-independent way, whereas we find no appreciable deviation from \text{ΛCDM} for the mass function with fixed environment density, nor the alignment of the orientation and spin vectors of the halo to the eigenvectors of the local cosmic web. There is a general trend for greater deviation from \text{ΛCDM} in underdense environments and for high-mass haloes, as expected from chameleon screening.
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