Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · University of California, Santa Barbara · +17 more institutions
Abstract
A large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological simulation, Horizon-AGN, is used to investigate the alignment between the spin of galaxies and the cosmic filaments above redshift 1.2. The analysis of more than 150 000 galaxies per time step in the redshift range 1.2
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- References
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Authors
33- YDYohan DuboisCorresponding
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of California, Santa Barbara, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Sorbonne Université, University of Oxford
- CPChristophe Pichon
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of California, Santa Barbara, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Sorbonne Université
- CWCharlotte Welker
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Sorbonne Université, University of Oxford
- DLD. Le Borgne
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Sorbonne Université
- JDJulien Devriendt
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Observatoire de Lyon, University of Oxford, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
Topics & keywords
- Physics
- Astrophysics
- Galaxy
- Astronomy
- Redshift
- Star formation
- Galaxy formation and evolution
- Disc
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: 1124403, No. NSF PHY11-25915, NSF PHY11-25915
- JHJohns Hopkins University
- FIFondazione Internazionale Premio Balzan
- UOUniversity of Oxford
- ANAgence Nationale de la RechercheAwards: ANR-13-BS05-0002, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02, ANR-10-LABX-63, ANR-11-IDEX, -11-IDEX-0004-02, IDEX-0004-02, 11-IDEX-0004, 11-IDEX-0004-02, ANR-11-IDEX-0004, ANR-10, 2013047012, 10-LABX-63
- UPUniversité Pierre et Marie CurieAward: ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02
- GÉGrand Équipement National De Calcul IntensifAward: 2013047012
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAwards: ST/K000373/1, ST/H008896/1
- KIKavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa BarbaraAwards: NSF PHY11-25915, PHY11-25915