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Euclid preparation. 3D reconstruction of the cosmic web with simulated Euclid Deep spectroscopic samples

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2026-04-08 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The ongoing Euclid mission aims to measure spectroscopic redshifts for approximately two million galaxies using the H α\alpha line emission detected in near-infrared slitless spectroscopic data from the Euclid Deep Fields (EDFs). These measurements will reach a flux limit of 5×1017ergcm2s15\times 10^{-17}\,{\rm erg}\,{\rm cm}^{-2}\,{\rm s}^{-1} in the redshift range 0.4<z<1.80.4<z<1.8, opening the door to numerous investigations involving galaxy evolution, extending well beyond the mission's core objectives. The achieved H α\alpha luminosity depth will lead to a sufficiently high sampling, enabling the reconstruction of the large-scale galaxy environment. We assess the quality of the reconstruction of the galaxy cosmic web environment with the expected spectroscopic dataset in EDFs. The analysis is carried out on the Flagship and GAEA galaxy mock catalogues. The quality of the reconstruction is first evaluated using geometrical and topological statistics measured on the cosmic web, namely the length of filaments, the area of walls, the volume of voids, and its connectivity and multiplicity. We then quantify how accurately gradients in galaxy properties with distance from filaments can be recovered. As expected, the small-scale redshift-space distortions, have a strong impact on filament lengths and connectivity, but can be mitigated by compressing galaxy groups before skeleton extraction. The cosmic web reconstruction is biased when relying solely on H α\alpha emitters. This limitation can be mitigated by applying stellar mass weighting during the reconstruction. However, this approach introduces non-trivial biases that need to be accounted for when comparing to theoretical predictions. Redshift uncertainties pose the greatest challenge in recovering the expected dependence of galaxy properties, though the well-established stellar mass transverse gradients towards filaments can still be observed.

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@article{arxiv.2601.10709,
  title  = {Euclid preparation. 3D reconstruction of the cosmic web with simulated Euclid Deep spectroscopic samples},
  author = {Euclid Collaboration and K. Kraljic and C. Laigle and M. Balogh and P. Jablonka and U. Kuchner and N. Malavasi and F. Sarron and C. Pichon and G. De Lucia and M. Bethermin and F. Durret and M. Fumagalli and C. Gouin and M. Magliocchetti and J. G. Sorce and O. Cucciati and F. Fontanot and M. Hirschmann and Y. Kang and M. Spinelli and N. Aghanim and A. Amara and S. Andreon and N. Auricchio and C. Baccigalupi and M. Baldi and S. Bardelli and A. Biviano and E. Branchini and M. Brescia and J. Brinchmann and S. Camera and G. Cañas-Herrera and V. Capobianco and C. Carbone and J. Carretero and R. Casas and S. Casas and F. J. Castander and M. Castellano and G. Castignani and S. Cavuoti and K. C. Chambers and A. Cimatti and C. Colodro-Conde and G. Congedo and C. J. Conselice and L. Conversi and Y. Copin and F. Courbin and H. M. Courtois and A. Da Silva and H. Degaudenzi and S. de la Torre and H. Dole and M. Douspis and F. Dubath and C. A. J. Duncan and X. Dupac and S. Dusini and S. Escoffier and M. Farina and R. Farinelli and S. Ferriol and F. Finelli and P. Fosalba and N. Fourmanoit and M. Frailis and E. Franceschi and M. Fumana and S. Galeotta and K. George and W. Gillard and B. Gillis and C. Giocoli and J. Gracia-Carpio and A. Grazian and F. Grupp and S. V. H. Haugan and W. Holmes and F. Hormuth and A. Hornstrup and K. Jahnke and M. Jhabvala and B. Joachimi and E. Keihänen and S. Kermiche and A. Kiessling and M. Kilbinger and B. Kubik and M. Kümmel and M. Kunz and H. Kurki-Suonio and A. M. C. Le Brun and S. Ligori and P. B. Lilje and V. Lindholm and I. Lloro and G. Mainetti and D. Maino and E. Maiorano and O. Mansutti and S. Marcin and O. Marggraf and M. Martinelli and N. Martinet and F. Marulli and R. Massey and S. Maurogordato and E. Medinaceli and S. Mei and Y. Mellier and M. Meneghetti and E. Merlin and G. Meylan and A. Mora and M. Moresco and L. Moscardini and R. Nakajima and C. Neissner and S. -M. Niemi and C. Padilla and S. Paltani and F. Pasian and K. Pedersen and W. J. Percival and V. Pettorino and S. Pires and G. Polenta and M. Poncet and L. A. Popa and L. Pozzetti and F. Raison and R. Rebolo and A. Renzi and J. Rhodes and G. Riccio and E. Romelli and M. Roncarelli and C. Rosset and E. Rossetti and R. Saglia and Z. Sakr and A. G. Sánchez and D. Sapone and B. Sartoris and P. Schneider and T. Schrabback and M. Scodeggio and A. Secroun and E. Sefusatti and G. Seidel and M. Seiffert and S. Serrano and P. Simon and C. Sirignano and G. Sirri and L. Stanco and J. Steinwagner and P. Tallada-Crespí and A. N. Taylor and H. I. Teplitz and I. Tereno and N. Tessore and S. Toft and R. Toledo-Moreo and F. Torradeflot and I. Tutusaus and L. Valenziano and J. Valiviita and T. Vassallo and G. Verdoes Kleijn and A. Veropalumbo and D. Vibert and Y. Wang and J. Weller and A. Zacchei and G. Zamorani and E. Zucca and V. Allevato and M. Ballardini and M. Bolzonella and E. Bozzo and C. Burigana and R. Cabanac and M. Calabrese and A. Cappi and D. Di Ferdinando and J. A. Escartin Vigo and L. Gabarra and W. G. Hartley and J. Martín-Fleitas and S. Matthew and N. Mauri and R. B. Metcalf and A. A. Nucita and A. Pezzotta and M. Pöntinen and C. Porciani and I. Risso and V. Scottez and M. Sereno and M. Tenti and M. Viel and M. Wiesmann and Y. Akrami and S. Alvi and I. T. Andika and S. Anselmi and M. Archidiacono and F. Atrio-Barandela and A. Balaguera-Antolinez and P. Bergamini and D. Bertacca and A. Blanchard and L. Blot and H. Böhringer and S. Borgani and M. L. Brown and S. Bruton and A. Calabro and B. Camacho Quevedo and F. Caro and C. S. Carvalho and T. Castro and R. Chary and F. Cogato and S. Conseil and T. Contini and A. R. Cooray and S. Davini and F. De Paolis and G. Desprez and A. Díaz-Sánchez and J. J. Diaz and S. Di Domizio and J. M. Diego and P. Dimauro and P. -A. Duc and A. Enia and Y. Fang and A. G. Ferrari and A. Finoguenov and A. Fontana and A. Franco and K. Ganga and J. García-Bellido and T. Gasparetto and R. Gavazzi and E. Gaztanaga and F. Giacomini and F. Gianotti and G. Gozaliasl and M. Guidi and C. M. Gutierrez and A. Hall and H. Hildebrandt and J. Hjorth and S. Joudaki and J. J. E. Kajava and V. Kansal and D. Karagiannis and K. Kiiveri and C. C. Kirkpatrick and S. Kruk and M. Lattanzi and V. Le Brun and J. Le Graet and L. Legrand and M. Lembo and F. Lepori and G. Leroy and G. F. Lesci and J. Lesgourgues and L. Leuzzi and T. I. Liaudat and S. J. Liu and A. Loureiro and J. Macias-Perez and G. Maggio and E. A. Magnier and F. Mannucci and R. Maoli and C. J. A. P. Martins and L. Maurin and M. Miluzio and P. Monaco and C. Moretti and G. Morgante and S. Nadathur and K. Naidoo and A. Navarro-Alsina and S. Nesseris and L. Pagano and F. Passalacqua and K. Paterson and L. Patrizii and A. Pisani and D. Potter and S. Quai and M. Radovich and P. -F. Rocci and G. Rodighiero and S. Sacquegna and M. Sahlén and D. B. Sanders and A. Schneider and D. Sciotti and E. Sellentin and L. C. Smith and K. Tanidis and C. Tao and G. Testera and R. Teyssier and S. Tosi and A. Troja and M. Tucci and C. Valieri and A. Venhola and D. Vergani and G. Verza and P. Vielzeuf and N. A. Walton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.10709},
  year   = {2026}
}

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30 pages, 23 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A