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The quantum model of homogeneous and isotropic universe filled with the uniform scalar field is considered. This model predicts effective inverse square-law dependence of the mean total energy density <\rho> on the expectation value of…

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Using cosmological $N$-body simulations and the void probability function (VPF), we investigate the statistical properties of voids within a wide range of initially Gaussian models for the origin of large-scale structure. We pay particular…

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We stress the importance of stochastic geometry as a branch of mathematical statistics particularly suited to model and investigate nontrivial spatial patterns. One of its key concepts, Voronoi tessellations, represents a versatile and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rien van de Weygaert

Cosmography is a model-independent phenomenological approach to observational cosmology, relying on Taylor series expansions of physical quantities as a function of the cosmological redshift or other analogous variables. A recent work…

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A stochastic deformation of a thermodynamic symplectic structure is studied. The stochastic deformation procedure is analogous to the deformation of an algebra of observables like deformation quantization, but for an imaginary deformation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-01-08 P. O. Kazinski

The one-point probability distribution function (pdf) of the large-scale density field is an important tool to follow the evolution of cosmological structures. In this paper we present a new model for this pdf for all regimes and all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Valageas , Dipak Munshi

Context. Explaining the accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the fundamental challenges in physics today. Cosmography provides information about the evolution of the universe derived from measured distances, assuming only that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Marek Demianski , Ester Piedipalumbo , Disha Sawant , Lorenzo Amati

The topology of large scale structure is studied as a function of galaxy type using the genus statistic. In hydrodynamical cosmological CDM simulations, galaxies form on caustic surfaces (Zeldovich pancakes) then slowly drain onto filaments…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 J. Richard Gott , III , Renyue Cen , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Assuming that the background geometry is filled with free gas consisting of matter and radiation and no phase transitions being occurred in the early Universe, we discuss the thermodynamics of this {\it closed} system using classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Tawfik , H. Magdy

We study the evolution of non-linear structure as a function of scale in samples from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, constituting over 221 000 galaxies at a median redshift of z=0.11. The two flux-limited galaxy samples, located near the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-13 J. Berian James , Matthew Colless , Geraint F. Lewis , John A. Peacock

Large-scale structure of Universe includes galaxy clusters connected by filaments. Voids occupy the rest of cosmic volume. The search of any dependencities in filament structure can give answer to more general questions about origin of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 V. V. Voitsekhovskiy , A. V. Tugay

Hamilton et al. have suggested an invaluable scaling formula which describes how the power spectra of density fluctuations evolve into the nonlinear regime of hierarchical clustering. This paper presents an extension of their method to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 J. A. Peacock , S. J. Dodds

Studies of large-scale structures in the Universe, such as superstructures or cosmic voids, have been widely used to characterize the properties of the cosmic web through statistical analyses. On the other hand, the 2-point correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-04 M. V. Santucho , H. E. Luparello , M. Lares , D. G. Lambas , A. N. Ruiz , M. A. Sgró

We propose to use the large-scale structure of the universe as a cosmic standard ruler, based on the fact that the pattern of galaxy distribution should be maintained in the course of time on large scales. By examining the scale-dependence…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Changbom Park , Young-Rae Kim

Likelihood fitting to two-point clustering statistics made from galaxy surveys usually assumes a multivariate normal distribution for the measurements, with justification based on the central limit theorem given the large number of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-23 Mike Shengbo Wang , Will J. Percival , Santiago Avila , Robert Crittenden , Davide Bianchi

Two fundamental empirical laws have been established in the analysis of galaxy space distribution. First, recent analyses have revealed that the three dimensional distribution of galaxies and clusters is characterized by large scale…

The photometric evolution of galaxies in a hierarchically clustering universe is investigated. The study is based on high resolution numerical simulations which include the effects of gas dynamics, shock heating, radiative cooling and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Gertrud Contardo , Matthias Steinmetz , Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben

We study constraints that anticipated DEEP survey galaxy counts versus redshift data will place on cosmological model parameters in models with and without a constant or time-variable cosmological constant $\Lambda$. This data will result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Silviu Podariu , Bharat Ratra

We present an application of the theory of stochastic processes to model and categorize non-equilibrium physical phenomena. The concepts of uniformly continuous probability measures and modular evolution lead to a systematic hierarchical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-08-18 Enrique Hernandez-Lemus , Jesus K. Estrada-Gil

The nonextensive statistical ensembles are revisited for the complex systems with long-range interactions and long-range correlations. An approximation, the value of nonextensive parameter (1-q) is assumed to be very tiny, is adopted for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-26 Yahui Zheng , Jiulin Du , Linxia Liu , Huijun Kong