A unified linear intrinsic alignment model for elliptical and disc galaxies and the resulting ellipticity spectra

Ghosh, B. and Nussbaumer, K. and Giesel, E. S. and Schaefer, B. M. A unified linear intrinsic alignment model for elliptical and disc galaxies and the resulting ellipticity spectra. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

Alignments of disc galaxies were thought to result from tidal torquing, where tidal field of the cosmic large-scale structure exert torquing moments onto dark matter haloes, determining their angular momentum and ultimately the orientation of galactic discs. In this model, resulting intrinsic ellipticity correlations are typically present on small scales, but neither observations nor simulations have found empirical evidence; instead, simulations point at the possibility that alignments of disc galaxies follow a similar alignment model as elliptical galaxies, but with a weaker alignment amplitude. In our article we make the case for the theory of linear alignments resulting from tidal distortions of the galactic disc, investigate the physical properties of this model and derive the resulting angular ellipticity spectra, as they would appear as a contribution to weak gravitational lensing in surveys such as Euclid’s. We discuss in detail on the statistical and physical properties of tidally induced alignments in disc galaxies, as they are relevant for mitigation of alignment contamination in weak lensing data, comment on the consistency between the alignment amplitude in spiral and elliptical galaxies and finally, estimate their observability with a Euclid-like survey.

Item Type:	Publications (Pre-joining)
Authors:	Ghosh, B. and Nussbaumer, K. and Giesel, E. S. and Schaefer, B. M.
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	galaxies, intrinsic alignments, gravitational lensing, tidal fields, cosmic large-scale structure, tidal torques
Subjects:	Natural Sciences Natural Sciences > Astronomy & allied sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6450
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