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We study the formation and evolution of the cosmic web, using the high-resolution CosmoGrid \$\Lambda\$CDM simulation. In particular, we investigate the evolution of the large-scale structure around void halo groups, and compare this to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Steven Rieder , Rien van de Weygaert , Marius Cautun , Burcu Beygu , Simon Portegies Zwart

We apply the adhesion approximation to study the formation and evolution of voids in the Universe. Our simulations -- carried out using 128$^3$ particles in a cubical box with side 128 Mpc -- indicate that the void spectrum evolves with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Varun Sahni , B. S. Sathyaprakash , Sergei F. Shandarin

We analyze the structure and connectivity of the distinct morphologies that define the Cosmic Web. With the help of our Multiscale Morphology Filter (MMF), we dissect the matter distribution of a cosmological $\Lambda$CDM N-body computer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Miguel A. Aragon-Calvo , Rien van de Weygaert , Bernard J. T. Jones

CONTEXT: Cosmic voids are observed in the distribution of galaxies and, to some extent, in the dark matter distribution. If these distributions have fractal geometry, it must be reflected in the geometry of voids; in particular, we expect…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-05 Jose Gaite

We present a novel method for simulation of the interior of large cosmic voids, suitable for study of the formation and evolution of objects lying within such regions. Following Birkhoff's theorem, void regions dynamically evolve as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David M. Goldberg , Michael S. Vogeley

Cosmic voids, the under-dense regions of the cosmic web, are widely used to constrain cosmology. Voids contain few, isolated galaxies, presumably expected to be less evolved and preserving memory of the pristine Universe. We use the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Melanie Habouzit , Alice Pisani , Andy Goulding , Yohan Dubois , Rachel S. Somerville , Jenny E. Greene

The standard cosmological model, now strongly constrained by direct observation at early epochs, is very successful in describing the structure of the evolved universe on large and intermediate scales. Unfortunately, serious contradictions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sergey Mashchenko , H. M. P. Couchman , James Wadsley

The cosmic web is one of the most striking features of the distribution of galaxies and dark matter on the largest scales in the Universe. It is composed of dense regions packed full of galaxies, long filamentary bridges, flattened sheets…

We analyse the evolution of cosmological perturbations which leads to the formation of large voids in the distribution of galaxies. We assume that perturbations are spherical and all components of the Universe - radiation, matter and dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Maksym Tsizh , Bohdan Novosyadlyj

Numerical simulations show that a long-range scalar interaction in a single species of massive dark matter particles causes voids between the concentrations of large galaxies to be more nearly empty, suppresses accretion of intergalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Adi Nusser , S. S. Gubser , P. J. E. Peebles

Cosmic background neutrinos have a large velocity dispersion, which causes the evolution of long-wavelength density perturbations to depend on scale. This scale-dependent growth leads to the well-known suppression in the linear theory…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Chi-Ting Chiang , Wayne Hu , Yin Li , Marilena LoVerde

We study the formation of voids in a modified gravity model in which gravity is generically stronger or weaker on large scales. We show that void abundances provide complementary information to halo abundances: if normalized to the CMB,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Matthew C. Martino , Ravi K. Sheth

Galaxies are not distributed randomly throughout space but are instead arranged in an intricate "cosmic web" of filaments and walls surrounding bubble-like voids. There is still no compelling observational evidence of a link between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ignacio Trujillo , Conrado Carretero , Santiago G. Patiri

Using high-resolution simulations within the Cold and Warm Dark Matter models we study the evolution of small scale structure in the Local Volume, a sphere of 8 Mpc radius around the Local Group. We compare the observed spectrum of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. V. Tikhonov , S. Gottloeber , G. Yepes , Y. Hoffman

Cosmic voids offer an extraordinary opportunity to study the effects of massive neutrinos on cosmological scales. Because they are freely streaming, neutrinos can penetrate the interior of voids more easily than cold dark matter or baryons,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-10 Nico Schuster , Nico Hamaus , Alice Pisani , Carmelita Carbone , Christina D. Kreisch , Giorgia Pollina , Jochen Weller

We aim to better understand how the spatial structure of molecular clouds is governed by turbulence. For that, we study the large-scale spatial distribution of low density molecular gas and search for characteristic length scales. We employ…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 N. Schneider , S. Bontemps , R. Simon , V. Ossenkopf , C. Federrath , R. Klessen , F. Motte , P. Andre , J. Stutzki , C. Brunt

In our modern understanding of galaxy formation, every galaxy forms within a dark matter halo. The formation and growth of galaxies over time is connected to the growth of the halos in which they form. The advent of large galaxy surveys as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Risa H. Wechsler , Jeremy L. Tinker

Voids may affect galaxy formation via weakening mass infall or increasing disk sizes, which could potentially play a role in the formation of giant low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs). If a dark matter halo forms at the potential hill…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-22 Marius Peper , Boudewijn F. Roukema

Cosmic voids are underdense regions within the large-scale structure of the Universe, spanning a wide range of physical scales - from a few megaparsecs (Mpc) to the largest observable structures. Their distinctive properties make them…

Current explanation of the overabundance of dark matter subhalos in the Local Group (LG) indicates that there maybe a limit on mass of a halo, which can host a galaxy. This idea can be tested using voids in the distribution of galaxies: at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anton V. Tikhonov , Anatoly A. Klypin