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The Eating Habits of Milky Way Mass Halos: Destroyed Dwarf Satellites and the Metallicity Distribution of Accreted Stars | | Alis J. Deason
; Yao-Yuan Mao
; Risa H. Wechsler
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28 Jan 2016 | | Abstract: | We study the mass spectrum of destroyed dwarfs that contribute to the
accreted stellar mass of Milky Way (MW) mass M_vir ~ 10^12.1 M_sun) halos using
a suite of 45 zoom-in, dissipationless simulations. Empirical models are
employed to relate (peak) subhalo mass to dwarf stellar mass, and we use
constraints from z=0 observations and hydrodynamical simulations to estimate
the metallicity distribution of the accreted stellar material. The dominant
contributors to the accreted stellar mass are relatively massive dwarfs with
M_star ~ 10^8-10^10 M_sun. Halos with more quiescent accretion histories tend
to have lower mass progenitors (10^8-10^9 M_sun), and lower overall accreted
stellar masses. Ultra-faint mass (M_star < 10^5 M_sun) dwarfs contribute a
negligible amount (<< 1%) to the accreted stellar mass and, despite having low
average metallicities, supply a small fraction (~2-5 %) of the very metal-poor
stars with [Fe/H] < -2. Dwarfs with masses 10^5 < M_star/M_sun < 10^8 provide a
substantial amount of the very metal-poor stellar material (~40-80 %), and even
relatively metal-rich dwarfs with M_star > 10^8 M_sun can contribute a
considerable fraction (~20-60 %) of metal-poor stars if their metallicity
distributions have significant metal-poor tails. Finally, we find that the
generic assumption of a quiescent assembly history for the MW halo seems to be
in tension with the mass spectrum of its surviving dwarfs. We suggest that the
MW could be a "transient fossil"; a quiescent halo with a recent accretion
event(s) that disguises the preceding formation history of the halo. | | Source: | arXiv, 1601.7905 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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