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Homework Statement
Suppose that the stars in a disk galaxy have a constant orbital speed v out to the edge of its spherical dark halo, at a distance [tex]R_{halo} [/tex] from the center of the galaxy.
1. What is the average density [tex] \rho [/tex] for the galaxy, including its dark halo?
2. If a bound structure, such as a galaxy, forms by gravitational collapse of an initially small density fluctuation, the minimum time for collapse is
[tex] t_{min} \approx t_{dyn} \approx 1/ \sqrt{G \rho} [/tex]
Show that [tex] t_{min} \approx R_{halo}/v [/tex] for a disk galaxy.
3. What is the maximum possible redshift at which you would expect to see galaxies comparable in v and [tex]R_{halo} [/tex] to our own galaxy?(use [tex] \Omega _{m0} = 1, \Omega _{\Lambda} = \Omega _{K} = 0 [/tex] )
Homework Equations
Total Mass inside R is given by:
[tex]
M(R) = \frac{v^2 R}{G}
[/tex]
And the volume inside R is given by [tex] V = \frac{4}{3} \pi R^3[/tex]
Friedmann Equation:
[tex]
H^2(a) = H_0^2 [\Omega _{\Lambda 0} + \frac{\Omega_{mo}}{a^3} + \frac{\Omega_{ro}}{a^4} + \frac{\Omega_{Ko}}{a^2}]
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The Attempt at a Solution
1. Combining the first two equations basically doing M/V I get [tex] \rho = \frac{3v^2}{4 \pi G R^2}.[/tex]
2. Here its basically just plugging my expression I got for #1 into the approximate equivalence they give to show that its approximately equal to that thing.
3. Here is where I have the trouble. I guess I'm looking for the farthest out redshift which will still have a comparable minimum time for gravitational collapse to our own galaxy. And I'm supposed to use the Friedmann equation somehow. And that's about all I understand at the moment. Any insights will be appreciated. Thanks.
Edit: My only guess I can make is from the Freidmann Equation we can get time as a function of redshift(z). To find the formula:
[tex]
t(z) = \frac{2}{3H_o} (\frac{1}{1+z})^{3/2}
[/tex]
And we set [tex] t_{min} = t(z) [/tex] and find the corresponding redshift. However I don't know why that would be the answer, I'm simply plugging and playing to find an answer.
Edit 2: I think I understand why that would give the answer, It's because that's minimum time it would take for a galaxy of comparable v and [tex] R_{halo} [/tex] to collapse and form. So if a comparable galaxy to ours forms in this minimal time, the maximum redshift we would be able to view such a galaxy would be given by the t(z) formula I gave above. We need to minimize time to maximize redshift because we can see from t(z) function I gave that time and redshift are inversely proportional. So if we could see galaxies of comparable v and [tex] R_{halo} [/tex] to ours at farther redshift, they would've had to collapse faster than the minimum time, which is not possible.
Does this seem reasonable?
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