# Dipole Distortions in the Intergalactic Medium

## TL;DR

This paper investigates how baryonic feedback-induced bulk motions in the intergalactic medium cause dipole distortions in gas distribution, affecting halo positions and velocities, with implications for observational detection.

## Contribution

It demonstrates that strong baryonic feedback creates significant relative velocities and dipole distortions, a phenomenon not previously quantified in detail.

## Key findings

- Relative velocities of about 100 km/s are produced with strong feedback.
- Dipole correlation functions reveal systematic shifts in halo positions and velocities.
- Potential observational signatures include large scale structure, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich, and line emission measurements.

## Abstract

Baryonic feedback can significantly modify the spatial distribution of matter on small scales and create a bulk relative velocity between the dominant cold dark matter and the hot gas. We study the consequences of such bulk motions using two high resolution hydrodynamic simulations, one with no feedback and one with very strong feedback. We find that relative velocities of order $100\ \kms$ are produced in the strong feedback simulation whereas it is much smaller when there is no feedback. Such relative motions induce dipole distortions to the gas, which we quantify by computing the dipole correlation function. We find halo coordinates and velocities are systematically changed in the direction of the relative velocity. Finally, we discuss potential to observe the relative velocity via large scale structure, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and line emission measurements. Given the nonlinear nature of this effect, it should next be studied in simulations with different feedback implementations/strengths to determine the available model space.