Tracing the cosmic web

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 473; no. 1; pp. 1195 - 1217
• Main Authors: Libeskind, Noam I., van de Weygaert, Rien, Cautun, Marius, Falck, Bridget, Tempel, Elmo, Abel, Tom, Alpaslan, Mehmet, Aragón-Calvo, Miguel A., Forero-Romero, Jaime E., Gonzalez, Roberto, Gottlöber, Stefan, Hahn, Oliver, Hellwing, Wojciech A., Hoffman, Yehuda, Jones, Bernard J. T., Kitaura, Francisco, Knebe, Alexander, Manti, Serena, Neyrinck, Mark, Nuza, Sebastián E., Padilla, Nelson, Platen, Erwin, Ramachandra, Nesar, Robotham, Aaron, Saar, Enn, Shandarin, Sergei, Steinmetz, Matthias, Stoica, Radu S., Sousbie, Thierry, Yepes, Gustavo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Physics; methods: data analysis; large-scale structure of the Universe; dark matter; cosmology: theory

The cosmic web is one of the most striking features of the distribution of galaxies and dark matter on the largest scales in the Universe. It is composed of dense regions packed full of galaxies, long filamentary bridges, flattened sheets and vast low-density voids. The study of the cosmic web has f...