The Skeleton: Connecting Large Scale Structures to Galaxy Formation

We report on two quantitative, morphological estimators of the filamentary structure of the Cosmic Web, the so-called global and local skeletons. The first, based on a global study of the matter density gradient flow, allows us to study the connectivity between a density peak and its surroundings, w...

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Main Authors: Pichon, C, Gay, C, Pogosyan, D, Prunet, S, Sousbie, T, Colombi, S, Slyz, A, Devriendt, J
Format: Journal article
Published: 2009