Outputs (14)

Sensitivity analysis of a galaxy formation model (2019)
Journal Article
Oleśkiewicz, P., & Baugh, C. M. (2020). Sensitivity analysis of a galaxy formation model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(2), 1827-1841. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3560

We present the first application of a variance-based sensitivity analysis (SA) to a model that aims to predict the evolution and properties of the whole galaxy population. SA is a well-established technique in other quantitative sciences, but is a re... Read More about Sensitivity analysis of a galaxy formation model.

On the Prospect of Using the Maximum Circular Velocity of Halos to Encapsulate Assembly Bias in the Galaxy–Halo Connection (2019)
Journal Article
Zehavi, I., Kerby, S. E., Contreras, S., Jiménez, E., Padilla, N., & Baugh, C. M. (2019). On the Prospect of Using the Maximum Circular Velocity of Halos to Encapsulate Assembly Bias in the Galaxy–Halo Connection. Astrophysical Journal, 887(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4d4d

We investigate a conceptual modification of the halo occupation distribution approach, using the halos’ present-day maximal circular velocity, Vmax, as an alternative to halo mass. In particular, using a semianalytic galaxy formation model applied to... Read More about On the Prospect of Using the Maximum Circular Velocity of Halos to Encapsulate Assembly Bias in the Galaxy–Halo Connection.

Lyα emitters in a cosmological volume II: the impact of the intergalactic medium (2019)
Journal Article
Gurung-López, S., Orsi, Á. A., Bonoli, S., Padilla, N., Lacey, C. G., & Baugh, C. M. (2020). Lyα emitters in a cosmological volume II: the impact of the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(3), 3266-3289. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3204

In the near future galaxy surveys will target Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) to unveil the nature of dark energy. It has been suggested that the observability of LAEs is coupled to the large scale properties of the intergalactic medium. Such co... Read More about Lyα emitters in a cosmological volume II: the impact of the intergalactic medium.

Extensions to the halo occupation distribution model for more accurate clustering predictions (2019)
Journal Article
Jiménez, E., Contreras, S., Padilla, N., Zehavi, I., Baugh, C. M., & Gonzalez-Perez, V. (2019). Extensions to the halo occupation distribution model for more accurate clustering predictions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(3), 3532-3544. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2790

We test different implementations of the halo occupation distribution (HOD) model to reconstruct the spatial distribution of galaxies as predicted by a version of the L-GALAXIES semi-analytical model (SAM). We compare the measured two-point correlati... Read More about Extensions to the halo occupation distribution model for more accurate clustering predictions.

The connection between halo concentrations and assembly histories: a probe of gravity? (2019)
Journal Article
Oleśkiewicz, P., Baugh, C. M., & Ludlow, A. (2019). The connection between halo concentrations and assembly histories: a probe of gravity?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(4), 4658-4668. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2359

We use two high resolution N-body simulations, one assuming general relativity and the other the Hu-Sawicki form of f(R) gravity with |f¯R|=10−6⁠, to investigate the concentration–formation time relation of dark matter haloes. We assign haloes to log... Read More about The connection between halo concentrations and assembly histories: a probe of gravity?.

Euclid preparation : III. Galaxy cluster detection in the wide photometric survey, performance and algorithm selection (2019)
Journal Article
Adam, R., Vannier, M., Maurogordato, S., Biviano, A., Adami, C., Ascaso, B., Bellagamba, F., Benoist, C., Cappi, A., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Durret, F., Farrens, S., Gonzalez, A., Iovino, A., Licitra, R., Maturi, M., Mei, S., Merson, A., Munari, E., Pelló, R., …Zamorani, G. (2019). Euclid preparation : III. Galaxy cluster detection in the wide photometric survey, performance and algorithm selection. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 627, Article A23. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935088

Galaxy cluster counts in bins of mass and redshift have been shown to be a competitive probe to test cosmological models. This method requires an efficient blind detection of clusters from surveys with a well-known selection function and robust mass... Read More about Euclid preparation : III. Galaxy cluster detection in the wide photometric survey, performance and algorithm selection.

The evolution of the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light: evidence for a top-heavy initial mass function? (2019)
Journal Article
Cowley, W. I., Lacey, C. G., Baugh, C. M., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., & Lagos, C. D. P. (2019). The evolution of the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light: evidence for a top-heavy initial mass function?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(3), 3082-3101. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1398

We present predictions for the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light (EBL) from a recent version of the GALFORM semi-analytical model of galaxy formation which invokes a top-heavy stellar initial mass function (IMF) for galaxies undergoing dynamica... Read More about The evolution of the UV-to-mm extragalactic background light: evidence for a top-heavy initial mass function?.

Linear bias forecasts for emission line cosmological surveys (2019)
Journal Article
Merson, A., Smith, A., Benson, A., Wang, Y., & Baugh, C. (2019). Linear bias forecasts for emission line cosmological surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(4), 5737-5765. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1204

We forecast the linear bias for Hα-emitting galaxies at high redshift. To simulate a Euclid-like and a WFIRST-like survey, we place galaxies into a large-volume dark matter halo lightcone by sampling a library of luminosity-dependent halo occupation... Read More about Linear bias forecasts for emission line cosmological surveys.

The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation (2019)
Journal Article
Griffin, A. J., Lacey, C. G., Gonzalez-Perez, V., del P Lagos, C., Baugh, C. M., & Fanidakis, N. (2019). The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(1), 198-227. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1216

Understanding how Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) evolve through cosmic time allows us to probe the physical processes that control their evolution. We use an updated model for the evolution of masses and spins of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), coupl... Read More about The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation.

A new approach to finding galaxy groups using Markov Clustering (2019)
Journal Article
Stothert, L., Norberg, P., & Baugh, C. (2019). A new approach to finding galaxy groups using Markov Clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 485(1), L126-L130. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slz045

We present a proof of concept of a new galaxy group finder method, Markov graph CLustering (MCL) that naturally handles probabilistic linking criteria. We introduce a new figure of merit, the variation of information (VI) statistic, used to optimize... Read More about A new approach to finding galaxy groups using Markov Clustering.