Alignments between Galaxies and the Cosmic Web at z ∼ 1–2 in the IllustrisTNG Simulations

Galaxy formation theories predict that galaxy shapes and angular momenta have nonrandom alignments with the cosmic web. This leads to so-called intrinsic alignment between pairs of galaxies, which is important to quantify as a nuisance parameter for weak lensing. We study galaxy–cosmic web alignment...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Zhang, Khee-Gan Lee, Alex Krolewski, Jingjing Shi, Benjamin Horowitz, Robin Kooistra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace695