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How empty are the voids?

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2024-09-05 v1

Abstract

We find an analytical solution for the minimal matter density of a void, its central density. It turns out that the voids are not so empty: most of the voids have the central underdensity Δc50%\Delta_c \sim -50\% (which means that the matter density in their centers is only two times lower than in the Universe on average). For small voids (of radius R0510R_0\simeq 5-10~{Mpc}), the underdensity can be significantly greater, but the number of voids decreases rapidly with increasing of Δc|\Delta_c| over 50%50\%, and voids with Δc<80%\Delta_c < -80\% are practically absent. The large voids (R040R_0\ge 40~{Mpc}) always have Δc<50%|\Delta_c| < 50\%.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.02780,
  title  = {How empty are the voids?},
  author = {Anton N. Baushev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.02780},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

9 pages, 5 figures

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