Kavli Affiliate: Alexander P. Ji
| First 5 Authors: Li-Hsin Chen, Mattis Magg, Tilman Hartwig, Simon C. O. Glover, Alexander P. Ji
| Summary:
We study the stellar mass-to-halo mass relation at $z=0$ in 30 Milky Way-like
systems down to the ultra-faint ($M_* < 10^5 M_odot$) regime using the
semi-analytic model A-SLOTH. A new model allows us to follow star formation and
the stochastic stellar feedback from individually sampled Pop II stars. Our
fiducial model produces consistent results with the stellar mass-to-halo mass
relation derived from abundance matching and the observed cumulative stellar
mass function above the observational completeness. We find a plateau in the
stellar mass-to-halo mass relation in the ultra-faint regime. The stellar mass
of this plateau tells us how many stars formed before supernovae occur and
regulate further star formation, which is determined by the Pop~II star
formation efficiency. We also find that the number of luminous satellites
increases rapidly as $M_*$ decreases until $M_* approx 10^4 M_odot$. Finally,
we find that the relative streaming velocity between baryons and dark matter at
high redshift is important in determining the number of ultra-faint dwarf
galaxies at $z=0$. The new model in A-SLOTH provides a framework to study the
stellar properties and the formation history of metal-poor stars in Milky Way
and its satellites.
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