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Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). Galaxy shapes and alignments in the cosmic web

Galaxy morphologies and shape orientations are expected to correlate with their large-scale environment, since they grow by accreting matter from the cosmic web and are subject to interactions with other galaxies. Cosmic filaments are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-20 Euclid Collaboration , C. Laigle , C. Gouin , F. Sarron , L. Quilley , C. Pichon , K. Kraljic , F. Durret , N. E. Chisari , U. Kuchner , N. Malavasi , M. Magliocchetti , H. J. McCracken , J. G. Sorce , Y. Kang , C. J. R. McPartland , S. Toft , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , P. Battaglia , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , C. Dolding , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. Gwyn , S. V. H. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , P. Liebing , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , B. Rusholme , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , M. Scodeggio , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , I. A. Zinchenko , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , M. Huertas-Company , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , S. Alvi , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , A. Balaguera-Antolinez , C. Benoist , K. Benson , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , F. Cogato , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. -A. Duc , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. G. Ferrari , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , A. H. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , L. Leuzzi , T. I. Liaudat , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , E. A. Magnier , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , C. Scarlata , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , F. Shankar , L. C. Smith , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , J. R. Weaver , D. Scott

The boundary of cosmic filaments

For decades, the boundary of cosmic filaments have been a subject of debate. In this work, we determine the physically-motivated radii of filaments by constructing stacked galaxy number density profiles around the filament spines. We find…

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Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The role of cosmic connectivity in shaping galaxy clusters

The matter distribution around galaxy clusters is distributed over several filaments, reflecting their positions as nodes in the large-scale cosmic web. The number of filaments connected to a cluster, namely its connectivity, is expected to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-20 Euclid Collaboration , C. Gouin , C. Laigle , F. Sarron , T. Bonnaire , J. G. Sorce , N. Aghanim , M. Magliocchetti , L. Quilley , P. Boldrini , F. Durret , C. Pichon , U. Kuchner , N. Malavasi , K. Kraljic , R. Gavazzi , Y. Kang , S. A. Stanford , P. Awad , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , P. Battaglia , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , S. de la Torre , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , C. Dolding , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. Gwyn , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , P. Liebing , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , B. Rusholme , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , M. Scodeggio , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , A. Tsyganov , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , M. Huertas-Company , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , M. Maturi , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , S. Alvi , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , A. Balaguera-Antolinez , C. Benoist , K. Benson , P. Bergamini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , F. Cogato , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. -A. Duc , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. G. Ferrari , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , L. Leuzzi , T. I. Liaudat , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , E. A. Magnier , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , D. Scognamiglio , E. Sellentin , F. Shankar , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , D. Scott

COSMOLOGY WITH CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

Rich clusters of galaxies, the largest virialized systems known, provide a powerful tool for the study of cosmology. Some of the fundamental questions that can be addressed with clusters of galaxies include: how did galaxies and large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Neta A. Bahcall

Structures in the Universe and Origin of Galaxies

The analysis of images (of obtained in various ranges of the lengths of waves) of luminous objects in the Universe by means of a method of multilevel dynamic contrasting led author to the conclusions: a) the structures of all observable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 V. A. Rantsev-Kartinov

Investigating Galaxy-Filament Alignments in Hydrodynamic Simulations using Density Ridges

In this paper, we study the filamentary structures and the galaxy alignment along filaments at redshift $z=0.06$ in the MassiveBlack-II simulation, a state-of-the-art, high-resolution hydrodynamical cosmological simulation which includes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Yen-Chi Chen , Shirley Ho , Ananth Tenneti , Rachel Mandelbaum , Rupert Croft , Tiziana DiMatteo , Peter E. Freeman , Christopher R. Genovese , Larry Wasserman

Wide-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Abell 133: A Search for Filaments Reported in X-ray Observations

Filaments of the cosmic web have long been associated with the threadlike structures seen in galaxy redshift surveys. However, despite their baryon content being dominated by hot gas, these filaments have been an elusive target for X-ray…

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Galaxy spin alignment in filaments and sheets: observational evidence

Galaxies properties are known to be affected by their environment. One important question is how their angular momentum reflects the surrounding cosmic web. We use the SDSS to investigate the spin axes of spiral and elliptical galaxies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Elmo Tempel , Noam I. Libeskind

Statistical Properties of the Population of the Galactic Center Filaments II: The Spacing Between Filaments

We carry out a population study of magnetized radio filaments in the Galactic center using MeerKAT data by focusing on the spacing between the filaments that are grouped. The morphology of a sample of 43 groupings containing 174 magnetized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 F. Yusef-Zadeh , R. G. Arendt , M. Wardle , S. Boldyrev , I. Heywood , W. Cotton , F. Camilo

On Alignment of Galaxies in Clusters

We discover alignment of galaxies in clusters by analyzing the distribution of their position angles. We assume that galaxies are aligned, if their number at one 90deg position angle interval is more than twice higher than at another 90deg…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-08 Hrant M. Tovmassian , J. P. Torres-Papaqui

A comparison of cosmological filaments catalogues

In this work we compare three catalogues of cosmological filaments identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey by means of different algorithms by Tempel et al., Pereyra et al., and Mart\'inez et al. We analyse how different identification…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-18 Agustín Rost , Federico Stasyszyn , Luis Pereyra , Héctor J. Martínez

Detection of the effect of cosmological large-scale structure on the orientation of galaxies

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

Clustering in the Universe: from Highly Nonlinear Structures to Homogeneity

These lecture notes concentrate on a few specific topics concerning the distribution of galaxies on scales from 0.1 to nearly 1000/h Mpc. The main aim is to provide the students with the information and tools to familiarize with a few basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Guzzo

The impact of cosmic filaments on the abundance of satellite galaxies

The impact of cosmic web environments on galaxy properties plays a critical role in understanding galaxy formation. Using the state-of-the-art cosmological simulation IllustrisTNG, we investigate how satellite galaxy abundance differs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-16 Yuxi Meng , Haonan Zheng , Shihong Liao , Lizhi Xie , Lan Wang , Hongxiang Chen , Liang Gao , Quan Guo , Yingjie Jing , Jie Wang , Hang Yang , Guangquan Zeng

Shapes and Probabilities of Galaxy Clusters

We develop a general theory for estimating the probability that a galaxy cluster of a given shape exists. The theory is based on the observed result that the distribution of galaxies is very close to quasi-equilibrium, in both its linear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-11 Abel Yang , William C. Saslaw

The cosmic web around the Coma cluster from constrained cosmological simulations: I. Filaments connected to Coma at $z = 0$

Galaxy clusters in the Universe occupy the important position of nodes of the cosmic web. They are connected among them by filaments, elongated structures composed of dark matter, galaxies, and gas. The connection of galaxy clusters to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Nicola Malavasi , Jenny G. Sorce , Klaus Dolag , Nabila Aghanim

Alignment of spiral and elliptical galaxies from Siena Galaxy Atlas with filaments

The properties of galaxies are known to have been influenced by the large-scale structures that they inhabit. Theory suggests that galaxies acquire angular momentum during the linear stage of structure formation, and hence predict…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-05 Yuvraj Muralichandran , Noam I. Libeskind , Elmo Tempel

Has the Universe a honeycomb structure?

Recent analysis of the distribution of clusters of galaxies is reviewed. Clusters of galaxies located in rich superclusters form a quasiregular lattice similar in structure to honeycombs. The power spectrum of clusters of galaxies has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Einasto

Studying Inter-Cluster Galaxy Filaments Through Stacking GMBCG Galaxy Cluster Pairs

We present a method to study the photometric properties of galaxies in filaments by stacking the galaxy populations between pairs of galaxy clusters. Using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data, this method can detect the inter-cluster filament…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Yuanyuan Zhang , Jörg P. Dietrich , Timothy A. McKay , Erin S. Sheldon , Alex T. Q. Nguyen