Nonlinear evolution of dark matter subhalos and applications to warm
  dark matter
  We describe the methodology to include nonlinear evolution, including tidal
effects, in the computation of subhalo distribution properties in both cold
(CDM) and warm (WDM) dark matter universes. Using semi-analytic modeling, we
include effects from dynamical friction, tidal stripping, and tidal heating,
allowing us to dynamically evolve the subhalo distribution. We calibrate our
nonlinear evolution scheme to the CDM subhalo mass function in the Aquarius
N-body simulation, producing a subhalo mass function within the range of
simulations. We find tidal effects to be the dominant mechanism of nonlinear
evolution in the subhalo population. Finally, we compute the subhalo mass
function for $m_\chi=1.5$ keV WDM including the effects of nonlinear evolution,
and compare radial number densities and mass density profiles of subhalos in
CDM and WDM models. We show that all three signatures differ between the two
dark matter models, suggesting that probes of substructure may be able to
differentiate between them.
