Nonlinear Cosmology Program 2006 @ Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

Nonlinear Cosmology Workshop

Nice, January 25–27, 2006


Hydrodynamic-like approach to Cold Dark Matter evolution in N-body simulations

Alvaro DOMÍNGUEZ

I will present the results of Cold-Dark-Matter N-body simulations which include a hydrodynamic-like model of the coupling to the subresolution degrees of freedom. This model is similar to the Large-Eddy Simulations of turbulent flow. The results confirm the predictions of the theoretical analysis of the model, when available. Compared to standard N-body simulations, which neglect the dynamical influence of subresolution degrees of freedom, one finds a proliferation of small-mass halos, also in void regions, and a larger vorticity of the velocity field; the density profiles of high-mass halos still exhibit a cusp. The results agree with the trends observed in high-resolution N-body simulations. Thus, the hydrodynamic-like model provides a physical understanding of the mode-mode coupling in the hierarchical scenario of structure formation.


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