The distribution of dark galaxies and spin bias
OA Location
Author(s)
Jimenez, Raul
Heavens, Alan F
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In the light of the discovery of numerous (almost) dark galaxies from the ALFALAFA and LITTLE THINGS surveys, we revisit the predictions of Jimenez et al. 1997, based on the Toomre stability of rapidly-spinning gas disks. We have updated the predictions for ΛCDM with parameters given by Planck18, computing the expected number densities of dark objects, and their spin parameter and mass distributions. Comparing with the data is more challenging, but where the spins are more reliably determined, the spins are close to the threshold for disks to be stable according to the Toomre criterion, where the expected number density is highest, and reinforces the concept that there is a bias in the formation of luminous galaxies based on the spin of their parent halo.
Date Issued
2020-10-01
Date Acceptance
2020-07-27
Citation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020, 498 (1), pp.L93-L97
ISSN
0035-8711
Publisher
Royal Astronomical Society
Start Page
L93
End Page
L97
Journal / Book Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
498
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
©2020 The Author(s)Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11798v1
Subjects
astro-ph.GA
astro-ph.GA
astro-ph.CO
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-08-06