Large Scale Structure and the Cosmic Web
Abstract
The formation and evolution of galaxies cannot be separated from large scale structure growth. Dark matter halos (and, therefore, galaxies) form and grow within the cosmic web - the classification of large-scale structure as distinct environments, namely voids, walls, filaments and nodes. Thanks to the rapid development of extragalactic spectroscopic redshift surveys and cosmological simulations over the last two decades, we are now able to measure the impact of the cosmic web on galaxies and halos in observations and in simulations. In this chapter we summarise the state of play in our understanding of the link between dark matter halos, galaxies, and the cosmic web.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.21759,
title = {Large Scale Structure and the Cosmic Web},
author = {Rita Tojeiro and Katarina Kraljic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.21759},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
20 pages, 1 figure, pre-print of a chapter for the Encyclopedia of Astrophysics (edited by I. Mandel, section editor S. McGee) to be published by Elsevier as part of their Major Reference Works