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We use a set of hydrodynamical (Hydro) and dark matter only (DMonly) simulations to calibrate the halo mass function (HMF). We explore the impact of baryons, propose an improved parametrization for spherical overdensity masses and identify…

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We use cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of the APOSTLE project along with high-quality rotation curve observations to examine the fraction of baryons in {\Lambda}CDM haloes that collect into galaxies. This 'galaxy formation…

We present a novel statistic to extract cosmological information in weak lensing data: the lensing minima. We also investigate the effect of baryons on the cosmological constraints from peak and minimum counts. Using the \texttt{MassiveNuS}…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 William R. Coulton , Jia Liu , Ian G. McCarthy , Ken Osato

The bias of dark matter halos and galaxies is a crucial quantity in many cosmological analyses. In this work, using large cosmological simulations, we explore the halo mass function and halo bias within cosmic voids. For the first time to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-08 Giovanni Verza , Carmelita Carbone , Alessandro Renzi

Galaxy surveys have shown that luminous galaxies are mainly distributed in large filaments and galaxy clusters. The remaining large volumes are virtually devoid of luminous galaxies. This is in concordance with the formation of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Matthias Hoeft , Stefan Gottloeber

We study the detailed structure of galaxies at redshifts z > 2 using cosmological simulations with improved modeling of the interstellar medium and star formation. The simulations follow the formation and dissociation of molecular hydrogen,…

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The halo mass function, dn/dM, predicted by hierarchical clustering models can be measured indirectly using dynamical probes like the distribution of gravitational lens image separations, dn/dDelta-theta, or halo circular velocities, dn/d…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-18 C. S. Kochanek , Martin White

We measure the distribution of matter contained within the emptiest regions of the Universe: cosmic voids. We use the large overlap between the Ultraviolet Near-Infrared Optical Northern Survey (UNIONS) and voids identified in the LOWZ and…

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

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 study lens statistics in flat, low-density universes with different equations of state $w=p_Q/\rho_Q$ for the dark energy component. Dark energy modifies the distance-redshift relation and the mass function of dark matter halos leading…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Kuhlen , C. R. Keeton , P. Madau

In this work we aim at investigating the effects of baryons on the dark matter (DM) haloes structure, focusing on the correlation between the presence and importance of stellar discs and the halo shapes. We study the properties of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-22 P. Cataldi , S. Pedrosa , P. Tissera , C. Artale

The massive exploitation of cosmic voids for precision cosmology in the upcoming dark energy experiments, requires a robust understanding of their internal structure, particularly of their density profile. We show that the void density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Ricciardelli , V. Quilis , J. Varela

Making robust predictions for the phase space distribution of dark matter at the solar neighbourhood is vital for dark matter direct detection experiments. To date, almost all such predictions have been based on simulations that model the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 J. I. Read , L. Mayer , A. M. Brooks , F. Governato , G. Lake

We study the formation and evolution of voids in the dark matter distribution using various simulations of the popular $\Lambda$ Cold Dark Matter cosmogony. We identify voids by requiring them to be regions of space with a mean overdensity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joerg M. Colberg , Ravi K. Sheth , Antonaldo Diaferio , Liang Gao , Naoki Yoshida

We investigate the properties of hybrid gravitational/hydrodynamical simulations, examining both the numerics and the general physical properties of gravitationally driven, hierarchical collapse in a mixed baryonic/dark matter fluid. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Michael Owen , Jens V. Villumsen

(Abridged) The effect of baryonic feedback on the dark matter mass distribution is generally considered to be a nuisance to weak gravitational lensing. Measurements of cosmological parameters are affected as feedback alters the cosmic shear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Joachim Harnois-Déraps , Ludovic van Waerbeke , Massimo Viola , Catherine Heymans

Baryonic physics is anticipated to be a major source of systematic uncertainty in current and future large-scale cosmological surveys. We investigate how baryonic effects on halo density profiles vary with secondary halo properties at fixed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-01 Yikun Wang , Idit Zehavi , Sergio Contreras , Giovanni Aricò , Sownak Bose , Lars Hernquist

The statistical study of voids in the matter distribution promises to be an important tool for precision cosmology, but there are known discrepancies between theoretical models of voids and the voids actually found in large simulations or…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-19 Seshadri Nadathur , Shaun Hotchkiss

Aims: We assess the sensitivity of void shapes to the nature of dark energy that was pointed out in recent studies. We investigate whether or not void shapes are useable as an observational probe in galaxy redshift surveys. We focus on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-10 E. G. Patrick Bos , Rien van de Weygaert , Klaus Dolag , Valeria Pettorino