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The Unorthodox Orbits of Substructure Halos

  • Authors: Aaron D. Ludlow, Julio F. Navarro, Volker Springel, Adrian Jenkins, Carlos S. Frenk, and Amina Helmi

LUDLOW et al. 2009 The Astrophysical Journal 692 931.

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Caption: Figure 2.

Turnaround radius vs. apocentric distance at z = 0 for all associated subhalos in our simulations. The turnaround distance is the maximum distance from the main halo before accretion. Subhalos on "traditional" orbits are expected to have r apo < r ta and, thus, to be to the left of the 1:1 curve in this plot. Subhalos near the 1:1 line have r apor ta and are therefore on orbits which have not been decelerated substantially since turnaround. Subhalos with r apo> r ta are on unorthodox orbits and they have gained orbital energy during or after accretion. The blue symbols in the panel highlight subhalos on extreme orbits that will take them more than ~2.5 times farther than their turnaround radius. The fraction of associated subhalos and associated DM particles in each region of the plot is given in the legends.

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