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Numerical convergence of pre-initial conditions on dark matter halo properties

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2543

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methods: numerical; dark matter; large-scale structure of Universe

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  1. NSFC [11903043, 11988101]
  2. European Research Council via ERC Consolidator Grant KETJU [818930]
  3. IBS [IBS-R018-D1]

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In this study, the numerical convergence of pre-initial conditions on dark matter halo properties is re-investigated using different initial particle loads. It is found that median halo properties agree fairly well among simulations with different initial loads, but the relative difference of properties for some individual halos can be significant. Poorly converged halos are usually merging or have recently experienced merger events, with merging processes out-of-sync in different simulations. The simulation starting with an isotropic CCVT load shows slightly better convergence compared to an anisotropic grid load, especially for halos in higher density environments.
Generating pre-initial conditions (or particle loads) is the very first step to set up a cosmological N-body simulation. In this work, we revisit the numerical convergence of pre-initial conditions on dark matter halo properties using a set of simulations which only differs in initial particle loads, i.e. grid, glass, and the newly introduced capacity constrained Voronoi tessellation (CCVT). We find that the median halo properties agree fairly well (i.e. within a convergence level of a few per cent) among simulations running from different initial loads. We also notice that for some individual haloes cross-matched among different simulations, the relative difference of their properties sometimes can be several tens of per cent. By looking at the evolution history of these poorly converged haloes, we find that they are usually merging haloes or haloes have experienced recent merger events, and their merging processes in different simulations are out-of-sync, making the convergence of halo properties become poor temporarily. We show that, comparing to the simulation starting with an anisotropic grid load, the simulation with an isotropic CCVT load converges slightly better to the simulation with a glass load, which is also isotropic. Among simulations with different pre-initial conditions, haloes in higher density environments tend to have their properties converged slightly better. Our results confirm that CCVT loads behave as well as the widely used grid and glass loads at small scales, and for the first time we quantify the convergence of two independent isotropic particle loads (i.e. glass and CCVT) on halo properties.

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