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In the segmentation of fine-scale structures from natural and biomedical images, per-pixel accuracy is not the only metric of concern. Topological correctness, such as vessel connectivity and membrane closure, is crucial for downstream…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Xiaoling Hu , Yusu Wang , Li Fuxin , Dimitris Samaras , Chao Chen

Existing point cloud modeling datasets primarily express the modeling precision by pose or trajectory precision rather than the point cloud modeling effect itself. Under this demand, we first independently construct a set of LiDAR system…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Changjie Qiu , Zhiyong Wang , Xiuhong Lin , Yu Zang , Cheng Wang , Weiquan Liu

We present an algorithm capable of detecting diffuse, dim sources of any size in an astronomical image. These sources often defeat traditional methods for source finding, which expand regions around points of high intensity. Extended…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-05 T. Butler-Yeoman , M. Frean , C. P. Hollitt , D. W. Hogg , M. Johnston-Hollitt

The CIELO project introduces a novel set of chemo-dynamical zoom-in simulations designed to simultaneously resolve galaxies and their nearby environments. The initial conditions include a diverse range of cosmic structures, such as local…

We present a self-consistent framework to perform the wavelet analysis of two-dimensional statistical distributions. The analysis targets the 2D probability density function (p.d.f.) of an input sample, in which each object is characterized…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-26 R. V. Baluev , E. I. Rodionov , V. Sh. Shaidulin

We investigate the distribution of missing baryons in the cosmic filaments by stacking $\sim 30,700$ filaments across the northern and southern SDSS sky regions using Planck Compton-$y$ and CMB lensing maps. Filaments are identified using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-09 Jianzhuo Li , Yi Zheng , Weishan Zhu

The study of large-scale structure can benefit from accurate and robust identification of the cosmic web. Having such classification can facilitate a more complete extraction of cosmological information encoded therein. Classification…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Edward Olex , Wojciech A. Hellwing , Alexander Knebe

Diffusion models have achieved remarkable success in high-fidelity image generation but remain computationally demanding due to their multi-step denoising process and large model sizes. Although prior work improves efficiency either by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Zongfang Liu , Shengkun Tang , Zongliang Wu , Xin Yuan , Zhiqiang Shen

The cosmic large scale structure encodes the formation and evolution of a weblike network of dark matter and galaxies within the Universe. The cosmological information is wrapped up in non-Gaussian statistics requiring characterisation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-26 Alex Gough

We study filamentary structure in the galaxy distribution at z ~ 0.8 using data from the Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe 2 (DEEP2) Redshift Survey and its evolution to z ~ 0.1 using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ena Choi , Nicholas A. Bond , Michael A. Strauss , Alison L. Coil , Marc Davis , Christopher N. A. Willmer

High-quality astronomical images delivered by modern ground-based and space observatories demand adequate, reliable software for their analysis and accurate extraction of sources, filaments, and other structures, containing massive amounts…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 A. Men'shchikov

Persistence diagrams play a fundamental role in Topological Data Analysis where they are used as topological descriptors of filtrations built on top of data. They consist in discrete multisets of points in the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ that can…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-03-25 Frédéric Chazal , Vincent Divol

We study how the filamentary pattern of the cosmic web changes if the true gravity deviates from the general relativity (GR) on the large scale. The f(R) gravity whose strength is controlled to satisfy the current observational constraints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Junsup Shim , Jounghun Lee , Baojiu Li

Observations indicate galaxies are distributed in a filament-dominated web-like structure. Numerical experiments at high and low redshift of viable structure formation theories also show filament-dominance. We present a simple quantitative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Richard Bond , Lev Kofman , Dmitri Pogosyan

Gravitational-collapse-based explanations of the cosmic web lead to problems in estimating the total mass in the universe. A first-principles several-scales model is developed here for the structural organisation of cosmic matter in a flat…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-11 Raphael Blumenfeld

We introduce The Fabric of the Universe, an art and science collaboration focused on exploring the cosmic web of dark matter with unconventional techniques and materials. We discuss two of our projects in detail. First, we describe a…

Popular Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Benedikt Diemer , Isaac Facio

Components of large-scale structure (LSS) of Universe includes galaxy clusters, walls, filaments, groups and field galaxies. The question of spatial organization of all these components remains open despite of a number of recently developed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 A. V. Tugay , N. G. Pulatova , A. D. Zhoga

A novel fractal analysis of the cosmic web structure is carried out, employing the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, data release 7. We consider the large-scale stellar mass distribution, unlike other analyses, and determine its multifractal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Jose Gaite

We present a study of a large filamentary structure at z~0.73 in the field of the COSMOS survey, the so-called COSMOS Wall. This structure encompasses a comprehensive range of environments from a dense cluster and a number of galaxy groups…