Cosmology with Cosmic Voids
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| author | Cai, Yan-Chuan Neyrinck, Mark |
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| contents | Cosmic voids are low-mass-density regions on intergalactic scales. They are where cosmic expansion and acceleration are most dominant, important places to understand and analyze for cosmology. This entry summarises theoretical underpinnings of cosmic voids, and explores several observational aspects, statistics and applications of voids. The density profiles, velocity profiles, evolution history and the abundances of voids are shown to encode information about cosmology, including the sum of neutrino masses and the law of gravity. These properties manifest themselves into a wide range of observables, including the void distribution function, redshift-space distortions, gravitational lensing and their imprints on the cosmic-microwave background. We explain how each of these observables work, and summarise their applications in observations. We also comment on the possible impact of a local void on the interpretations of the expansion of the Universe, and discuss opportunities and challenges for the research subject of cosmic voids. |
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| spellingShingle | Cosmology with Cosmic Voids Cai, Yan-Chuan Neyrinck, Mark Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Cosmic voids are low-mass-density regions on intergalactic scales. They are where cosmic expansion and acceleration are most dominant, important places to understand and analyze for cosmology. This entry summarises theoretical underpinnings of cosmic voids, and explores several observational aspects, statistics and applications of voids. The density profiles, velocity profiles, evolution history and the abundances of voids are shown to encode information about cosmology, including the sum of neutrino masses and the law of gravity. These properties manifest themselves into a wide range of observables, including the void distribution function, redshift-space distortions, gravitational lensing and their imprints on the cosmic-microwave background. We explain how each of these observables work, and summarise their applications in observations. We also comment on the possible impact of a local void on the interpretations of the expansion of the Universe, and discuss opportunities and challenges for the research subject of cosmic voids. |
| title | Cosmology with Cosmic Voids |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22532 |