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This work presents the mathematical and computational aspects of a smooth dissipative particle dynamics with dynamic virtual particle allocation method (SDPD-DV) for modeling and simulation of mesoscopic fluids in wall-bounded domains. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-24 Jun Yang

We present a simple empirical function for the average density profile of cosmic voids, identified via the watershed technique in $\Lambda$CDM N-body simulations. This function is universal across void size and redshift, accurately…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-09 Nico Hamaus , P. M. Sutter , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Cosmic voids are the major volume component in the matter distribution of the Universe. They posses great potential for constraining dark energy as well as for testing theories of gravity. Nevertheless, in spite of their growing popularity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Tommaso Ronconi , Sofia Contarini , Federico Marulli , Marco Baldi , Lauro Moscardini

On megaparsec scales the Universe is permeated by an intricate filigree of clusters, filaments, sheets and voids, the Cosmic Web. For the understanding of its dynamical and hierarchical history it is crucial to identify objectively its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-07 Erwin Platen , Rien van de Weygaert , Bernard J. T. Jones

We present a new void search algorithm for automated detection of voids in three-dimensional redshift surveys. Based on a model in which the main features of the LSS of the Universe are voids and walls, we classify the galaxies into wall…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Hagai El-Ad , Tsvi Piran , Luiz Nicolaci da Costa

Understanding the internal structure and spatial distribution of cosmic voids is crucial when considering them as probes of cosmology. We present recent advances in modeling void density- and velocity-profiles in real space, as well as void…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-29 Nico Hamaus , P. M. Sutter , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Cosmic voids, the largest underdense regions in the Universe, provide unique laboratories for studying galaxy formation and constitute powerful probes of cosmology. Recent work has shown that individual galaxy bias (b_i), which quantifies…

Cosmic voids contain higher-order cosmological information and are of interest for astroparticle physics. Finding genuine matter underdensities in sparse galaxy surveys is, however, an underconstrained problem. Traditional void finding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-20 Leander Thiele

Cosmic voids are becoming key players in testing the physics of our Universe. Here we concentrate on the abundances and the dynamics of voids as these are among the best candidates to provide information on cosmological parameters. Cai,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-31 Nelson Padilla , Dante Paz , Marcelo Lares , Laura Ceccarelli , Diego Garcia Lambas , Yan-Chuan Cai , Baojiu Li

Available algorithms for the initialization of volume fractions typically utilize exact functions to model fluid interfaces, or they rely on computationally costly intersections between volume meshes. Here, a new algorithm is proposed that…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-02-07 Tobias Tolle , Dirk Gründing , Dieter Bothe , Tomislav Marić

Collider events with multi-stage cascade decays fill out the kinematically allowed region in phase space with a density that is enhanced at the boundary. The boundary encodes all available information about the spectrum and is well…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-08 Baris Altunkaynak , Can Kilic , Matthew D. Klimek

We identify cosmic voids from galaxy density fields under the theory of void-cluster correspondence. We extend the previous novel void-identification method developed for the matter density field to the galaxy density field for practical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Junsup Shim , Changbom Park , Juhan Kim , Sungwook E. Hong

A new statistical definition for the mean turbulent boundary layer thickness is introduced, based on identification of the point where the streamwise velocity skewness changes sign, from negative to positive, in the outermost region of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-22 Mitchell Lozier , Rahul Deshpande , Ahmad Zarei , Luka Lindić , Wagih Abu Rowin , Ivan Marusic

We present a statistical analysis of voids in the 2dF galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). In order to detect the voids, we have developed two robust algorithms. We define voids as non-overlapping maximal spheres empty of halos or galaxies with…

We present a general analytical procedure for computing the number density of voids with radius above a given value within the context of gravitational formation of the large scale structure of the universe out of Gaussian initial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Santiago G. Patiri , Juan E. Betancort-Rijo , Francisco Prada

Visual recognition of material boundaries in transparent vessels is valuable for numerous applications. Such recognition is essential for estimation of fill-level, volume and phase-boundaries as well as for tracking of such chemical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-02-03 Sagi Eppel

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

Interactions between an evolving solid and inviscid flow can result in substantial computational complexity, particularly in circumstances involving varied boundary conditions between the solid and fluid phases. Examples of such…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-09-30 Emma M. Schmidt , J. Matt Quinlan , Brandon Runnels

Boundary detection is essential for a variety of computer vision tasks such as segmentation and recognition. In this paper we propose a unified formulation and a novel algorithm that are applicable to the detection of different types of…

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