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We study the evolution of linear density perturbations in a large spherical void universe which accounts for the acceleration of the cosmic volume expansion without introducing dark energy. The density contrast of this void is not large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-07 Ryusuke Nishikawa , Chul-Moon Yoo , Ken-ichi Nakao

We introduce a simple model for the formation of voids. In this model the underdensity of galaxies in voids is the product of two factors. The first arises from a gravitational expansion of the negative density perturbation. The second is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yasmin Friedmann , Tsvi Piran

The network of filaments with embedded clusters surrounding voids seen in maps derived from redshift surveys and reproduced in simulations has been referred to as the cosmic web. A complementary description is provided by considering the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Daniel Pomarede , Yehuda Hoffman , Helene M Courtois , R. Brent Tully

The large-scale distribution of matter in the universe forms a network of clusters, filaments and walls enclosing large empty voids. Voids in turn can be described as a cellular system in which voids/cells define dynamically distinct…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-03 M. A. Aragon-Calvo

The JHU turbulence database [1] can be used with a state of the art visualisation tool [2] to generate high quality fluid dynamics videos. In this work we investigate the classical idea that smaller structures in turbulent flows, while…

Star clusters have hierarchical patterns in space and time, suggesting formation processes in the densest regions of a turbulent interstellar medium. Clusters also have hierarchical substructure when they are young, which makes them all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Bruce G. Elmegreen

Throughout the passage within the Galactic halo, high-velocity clouds (HVCs) sweep up ambient magnetic fields and form stretched and draped configurations of magnetic fields around them. Many earlier numerical studies adopt spherically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 Seoyoung Lyla Jung , Asger Grønnow , Naomi McClure-Griffiths

Cosmic voids as typical under-density regions in the large scale Universe are known for their hyperbolic properties as an ability to deviate the photon beams. The under-density then is acting as the negative curvature in the hyperbolic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-07 M. Samsonyan , A. A. Kocharyan , A. Stepanian , V. G. Gurzadyan

We explore the morphology of galaxies living in the proximity of cosmic voids, using a sample of voids identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. At all stellar masses, void galaxies exhibit morphologies of a later type than…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-06 Elena Ricciardelli , Antonio Cava , Jesus Varela , Amelie Tamone

We utilize the Magneticum suite of hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the formation and evolution of cosmic voids from $z = 5.04$ to present day, using cold dark matter and (sub-) halo tracers in high-density samples. This includes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 Nico Schuster , Nico Hamaus , Alice Pisani , Klaus Dolag , Jochen Weller

The void ellipticity distribution today can be well explained by the tidal field. Going a step further from the overall distribution, we investigate individuality on the tidal response of void shape in non-linear dynamical evolution. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Mutsumi Minoguchi , Atsushi J. Nishizawa , Tsutomu T. Takeuchi , Naoshi Sugiyama

We investigate the structural, photometric, and dynamical evolution of cosmic voids and their galaxy populations from $z=2.09$ to the present, focusing on void size as a key evolutionary parameter. Using void catalogs from four Millennium…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-28 Saeed Tavasoli

An approach to cosmological modelling is presented that incorporates the inhomogeneous structure of the Cosmic Web, specifically focusing on the interplay between cosmic voids and density walls. We extend the standard homogeneous and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 John Moffat

We investigate whether the dynamical status of clusters is related to the large-scale structure of the Universe. We find that cluster substructure is strongly correlated with the tendency of clusters to be aligned with their nearest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Plionis , S. Basilakos

The Local Void is the nearest void from us and is thought to be playing an important role in the kinematics of the local universe, especially as one of the suspected source of the motion of the Local Group. The imbalance between the mass in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Iwata , K. Ohta , K. Nakanishi , P. Chamaraux , A. T. Roman

In hierarchical clustering, galaxy clusters accrete mass through the aggregation of smaller systems. Thus, the velocity field of the infall regions of clusters contains significant random motion superimposed on radial infall. Because the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 Antonaldo Diaferio , Margaret J. Geller

Galaxies in cosmic voids have been reported with properties related to a delayed evolution with respect to the Universe in general. These characteristics reflect the interaction of galaxies with the environment. However, it is not clear the…

We discuss correlation properties of a general mass density field introducing a classification of structures based on their complexity. Standard cosmological models for primordial mass fluctuations are characterized by a sort of large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Francesco Sylos Labini , Andrea Gabrielli

We investigate the formation, growth, merger history, movement, and destruction of cosmic voids detected via the watershed transform code VIDE in a cosmological N-body dark matter {\Lambda}CDM simulation. By adapting a method used to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 P. M. Sutter , Pascal Elahi , Bridget Falck , Julian Onions , Nico Hamaus , Alexander Knebe , Chaichalit Srisawat , Aurel Schneider

We compute the galaxy-galaxy correlation function of low-luminosity SDSS-DR7 galaxies $(-20 < M_{\rm r} - 5\log_{10}(h) < -18)$ inside cosmic voids identified in a volume limited sample of galaxies at $z=0.085$. To identify voids, we use…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-14 Andrés N. Ruiz , Ignacio G. Alfaro , Diego Garcia Lambas