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| author | Thébaut, Yann |
| author_facet | Thébaut, Yann |
| contents | <p>Abstract</p> <p>The large-scale filamentary structure of the Universe, commonly referred to as the cosmic web, is usually modeled as the outcome of gravitational instability acting on primordial density fluctuations. An open question, however, is whether gravity is strictly necessary to generate such morphological organization, or whether similar structures may arise from more minimal dynamical constraints.</p> <p>In this work, we present a proof-of-principle numerical model demonstrating that cosmic web–like filament–node–void networks can emerge from constrained coherence dynamics without invoking explicit gravitational interactions. The model is defined on a two-dimensional lattice and combines local phase synchronization, anisotropic coupling, and a dynamically regulated coherence constraint field, denoted κ, which stabilizes the dynamics and prevents runaway synchronization.</p> <p>We show that this minimal framework spontaneously generates multi-scale filamentary networks, node-like junctions, extended voids, heavy-tailed domain size distributions, and near-critical percolation behavior, while remaining far from global phase synchronization. An extension of the model introduces a transported matter–information density field ρ, whose dynamics are guided by local coherence. In this regime, ρ preferentially concentrates along coherent filaments while avoiding high-stress regions associated with elevated κ, leading to structured transport without collapse or global percolation.</p> <p>These results suggest that key morphological features of the cosmic web can arise from coherence-regulated dynamics alone, with gravity potentially acting as an effective or secondary organizing mechanism rather than a prerequisite. The model is intentionally minimal and phenomenological, and is not proposed as a replacement for standard cosmological models, but as an exploration of alternative organizing principles underlying large-scale structure formation.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
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| spellingShingle | Emergence of Cosmic Web like Structures from Constrained Coherence Dynamics Thébaut, Yann cosmic web; emergent structure; phase synchronization; coherence dynamics,;complex systems; percolation; nonlinear dynamics <p>Abstract</p> <p>The large-scale filamentary structure of the Universe, commonly referred to as the cosmic web, is usually modeled as the outcome of gravitational instability acting on primordial density fluctuations. An open question, however, is whether gravity is strictly necessary to generate such morphological organization, or whether similar structures may arise from more minimal dynamical constraints.</p> <p>In this work, we present a proof-of-principle numerical model demonstrating that cosmic web–like filament–node–void networks can emerge from constrained coherence dynamics without invoking explicit gravitational interactions. The model is defined on a two-dimensional lattice and combines local phase synchronization, anisotropic coupling, and a dynamically regulated coherence constraint field, denoted κ, which stabilizes the dynamics and prevents runaway synchronization.</p> <p>We show that this minimal framework spontaneously generates multi-scale filamentary networks, node-like junctions, extended voids, heavy-tailed domain size distributions, and near-critical percolation behavior, while remaining far from global phase synchronization. An extension of the model introduces a transported matter–information density field ρ, whose dynamics are guided by local coherence. In this regime, ρ preferentially concentrates along coherent filaments while avoiding high-stress regions associated with elevated κ, leading to structured transport without collapse or global percolation.</p> <p>These results suggest that key morphological features of the cosmic web can arise from coherence-regulated dynamics alone, with gravity potentially acting as an effective or secondary organizing mechanism rather than a prerequisite. The model is intentionally minimal and phenomenological, and is not proposed as a replacement for standard cosmological models, but as an exploration of alternative organizing principles underlying large-scale structure formation.</p> |
| title | Emergence of Cosmic Web like Structures from Constrained Coherence Dynamics |
| topic | cosmic web; emergent structure; phase synchronization; coherence dynamics,;complex systems; percolation; nonlinear dynamics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18200221 |