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Translators of Galaxy Morphology Indicators between Observation and Simulation
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2023.07.14
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Translators of Galaxy Morphology Indicators between Observation and Simulation

J. K. Jang, Sukyoung K. Yi , Yohan Dubois , Jinsu Rhee , Christophe Pichon , Taysun Kimm , Julien Devriendt ,Marta Volonteri , Sugata Kaviraj, Sebastien Peirani, Sree Oh, and Scott Croom


 Based on the recent advancements in numerical simulations of galaxy formation, we anticipate the achievement of realistic models of galaxies in the near future. Morphology is the most basic and fundamental property of galaxies, yet observations and simulations still use different methods to determine galaxy morphology, making it difficult to compare them. We hereby perform a test on the recent NEWHORIZON simulation, which has spatial and mass resolutions that are remarkably high for a large-volume simulation, to resolve the situation. We generate mock images for the simulated galaxies using SKIRT, which calculates complex radiative transfer processes in each galaxy. We measure morphological and kinematic indicators using photometric and spectroscopic methods following observers’ techniques. We also measure the kinematic disk-to-total ratios using the Gaussian mixture model and assume that they represent the true structural composition of galaxies. We found that spectroscopic indicators such as V/σ and λR closely trace the kinematic disk-to-total ratios. In contrast, photometric disk-to-total ratios based on the radial profile fitting method often fail to recover the true kinematic structure of galaxies, especially small ones. We provide translating equations between various morphological indicators.

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Jaekyoung Jang, Sukyoung K. Yi, Jinsu Rhee, Taysun Kimm, Sree Oh