Data Guide | TAO Units
Below we list the unit and Hubble constant conventions assumed in TAO. The use of little h in particular can differ significantly between the theory and observational communities (and even within a community) and care must always be taken (Croton 2013).
Unless otherwise stated:
| Masses adopt 10^10 h^-1 Msun |
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| Positions adopt h^-1 Mpc and are in co-moving coordinates |
| Sizes adopt h^-1 Mpc and are in physical coordinates |
| Velocities adopt km s^-1 and are in physical coordinates |
| Star formation rates adopt Msun yr^−1 |
| Heating and cooling rates are in units of log10 erg s^-1 |
| Photometric magnitudes are calculated assuming the h value of the dark matter simulation used to produce the mock catalogue |