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Main Authors: Pandey, Biswajit, Nandi, Anindita
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02351
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  • We quantify the physical memory of the cosmic density field using mutual information between $N$-body snapshots at different redshifts, removing a random baseline to isolate gravitational correlations. The shared mutual information rises with scale, peaks near $\simeq L/8$ (where $L$ is the simulation box size), and declines thereafter. This behaviour is robust to box size and discretization, and identifies the largest coherently retained modes unaffected by missing long-wavelength power, establishing a finite-volume limit on the coherence of cosmic structure with direct implications for homogeneity studies.