Tracing correlations between galaxy properties across the Cosmic Web: An IllustrisTNG-based study

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Main Authors: Nandi, Anindita, Pandey, Biswajit, Sarkar, Prakash
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author Nandi, Anindita
Pandey, Biswajit
Sarkar, Prakash
author_facet Nandi, Anindita
Pandey, Biswajit
Sarkar, Prakash
contents We explore the impact of cosmic web environments on galaxy properties such as $(u-r)\,$colour, stellar mass, star formation rate, and stellar metallicity, using a stellar mass-matched sample of simulated galaxies from the IllustrisTNG simulation. We use Normalized Mutual Information (NMI) to quantify correlations among galaxy properties and apply Student's t-test to assess the statistical significance of their differences across cosmic web environments. In every case, the null hypothesis is rejected at $> 99.99\%$ confidence, providing strong evidence that correlations among galaxy properties are strongly dependent on cosmic web environments.
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spellingShingle Tracing correlations between galaxy properties across the Cosmic Web: An IllustrisTNG-based study
Nandi, Anindita
Pandey, Biswajit
Sarkar, Prakash
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We explore the impact of cosmic web environments on galaxy properties such as $(u-r)\,$colour, stellar mass, star formation rate, and stellar metallicity, using a stellar mass-matched sample of simulated galaxies from the IllustrisTNG simulation. We use Normalized Mutual Information (NMI) to quantify correlations among galaxy properties and apply Student's t-test to assess the statistical significance of their differences across cosmic web environments. In every case, the null hypothesis is rejected at $> 99.99\%$ confidence, providing strong evidence that correlations among galaxy properties are strongly dependent on cosmic web environments.
title Tracing correlations between galaxy properties across the Cosmic Web: An IllustrisTNG-based study
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11288