Evolution of HOD and galaxy properties in filaments and nodes of the cosmic web

TL;DR

This study investigates how galaxy properties and the Halo Occupation Distribution evolve in cosmic web structures like filaments and nodes using hydrodynamical simulations, revealing different influences on galaxy mass and color over time.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the differential impact of filaments and nodes on galaxy evolution and HOD parameters across redshifts, based on detailed simulation analysis.

Findings

Faint galaxy numbers increase in low-mass node halos over time.

Filaments do not significantly affect the stellar mass content of galaxies.

Nodes influence halos below approximately 10^{12.5} h^{-1} M_{igodot}.

Abstract

We study the evolution of the Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) and galaxy properties of nodes and filamentary structures obtained by \textsc{DisPerSE} from the \textsc{Illustris TNG300-1} hydrodynamical simulation, in the redshift range $0 \leq z \leq 2$. We compute the HOD in filaments and nodes and fit the HOD parameters to study their evolution for both faint and bright galaxies. In nodes, the number of faint galaxies increases with decreasing redshift in the low mass halos, while no significant differences are seen in high mass halos. Limiting the HOD to bright galaxies shows that halos increase in mass more than the number of bright galaxies they accrete. For filaments, no large differences in HOD are found for faint galaxies, although for brighter galaxies the behaviour is the same as in nodes. The HOD parametrization suggests that filaments have no effect on the mass required to host a galaxy (central or satellite), whereas nodes do. The results of the study indicate that with this parametrization, filaments do not seem to affect the stellar mass content of galaxies. In contrast, nodes appear to affect halos with masses below approximately $10^{12.5} h^{-1} M_{\odot}$ at local redshift. The analysis of the galaxy colour evolution shows a reddening towards lower redshift, although these processes seem to be more efficient in massive halos, with a strong effect on bright galaxies. The general evolution suggests that the building of galaxy population within halos is influenced by both the accretion of faint galaxies and the mass growth of the bright ones.