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Galaxy–galaxy lensing in EAGLE: comparison with data from 180 deg2 of the KiDS and GAMA surveys

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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:35 authored by Marco Velliscig, Marcello Cacciato, Henk Hoekstra, Joop Schaye, Catherine Heymans, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Jonathan LovedayJonathan Loveday, Peder Norberg, Cristóbal Sifón, Peter Schneider, Edo van Uitert, Massimo Viola, Sarah Brough, Thomas Erben, Benne W Holwerda, Andrew M Hopkins, Konrad Kuijken
We present predictions for the galaxy–galaxy lensing (GGL) profile from the EAGLE hydrodynamical cosmological simulation at redshift z = 0.18, in the spatial range 0.02 < R/(h- 1?Mpc) < 2, and for five logarithmically equispaced stellar mass bins in the range 10.3 < log10(Mstar/?M?) < 11.8. We compare these excess surface density profiles to the observed signal from background galaxies imaged by the Kilo Degree Survey around spectroscopically confirmed foreground galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. Exploiting the GAMA galaxy group catalogue, the profiles of central and satellite galaxies are computed separately for groups with at least five members to minimize contamination. EAGLE predictions are in broad agreement with the observed profiles for both central and satellite galaxies, although the signal is underestimated at R ˜ 0.5–2?h- 1?Mpc for the highest stellar mass bins. When central and satellite galaxies are considered simultaneously, agreement is found only when the selection function of lens galaxies is taken into account in detail. Specifically, in the case of GAMA galaxies, it is crucial to account for the variation of the fraction of satellite galaxies in bins of stellar mass induced by the flux-limited nature of the survey. We report the inferred stellar-to-halo mass relation and we find good agreement with recent published results. We note how the precision of the GGL profiles in the simulation holds the potential to constrain fine-grained aspects of the galaxy-dark matter connection.

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University of Sussex Astronomy Consolidated Grant 2017-2020; G2050; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/P000525/1

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Journal

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

ISSN

0035-8711

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Oxford University Press

Issue

3

Volume

471

Page range

2856-2870

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Astronomy Centre Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2018-05-30

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-05-30

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-05-30

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