Fossil Groups in the Millennium Simulation. Evolution of the Brightest Galaxies
Eugenia Diaz-Gimenez (1), Hernan Muriel (1), Claudia Mendes de, Oliveira (2) ((1) IATE (CONICET-UNC) & OAC (UNC), Cordoba, Argentina. (2), IAG, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

TL;DR
This study uses the Millennium Simulation to analyze the properties and evolution of fossil galaxy groups, comparing simulated data with observations to understand their formation history and characteristics.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive analysis of fossil groups' properties, merging histories, and their prevalence, using simulations and SDSS data, highlighting their late galaxy mergers and mass assembly.
Findings
Fossil groups constitute about 5.5% of massive groups, consistent with SDSS observations.
Most dominant galaxies in fossil groups are elliptical with typical luminosities.
First-ranked galaxies in fossil groups merge later than in non-fossil groups.
Abstract
We create a catalogue of simulated fossil groups and study their properties, in particular the merging histories of their first-ranked galaxies. We compare the simulated fossil group properties with those of both simulated non-fossil and observed fossil groups. Using simulations and a mock galaxy catalogue, we searched for massive ( 5 10) fossil groups in the Millennium Simulation Galaxy Catalogue. In addition, attempted to identify observed fossil groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 using identical selection criteria. Our predictions on the basis of the simulation data are:(a) fossil groups comprise about 5.5% of the total population of groups/clusters with masses larger than 5 x 10. This fraction is consistent with the fraction of fossil groups identified in the SDSS, after all observational biases…
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Taxonomy
TopicsGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Astronomy and Astrophysical Research · Scientific Research and Discoveries
