Quantifying Environmental Effects on Galaxy Properties using Non-spherical Voids Identified from SDSS DR7

arXiv:2607.07268 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-07-08 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-07-08

Updated: 2026-09-16

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures, and 2 tables

Code: https://github.com/desi-ur/vast

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• National Nature Science Foundation of China — 1× in this paper
• Redshift-Space Distortions (RSD) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Selection Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

Sources

• Environmental Dependence of Galaxy properties: A study of 341 Ring Galaxies in Cosmic Voids
• CSST large-scale structure analysis pipeline: IV. Cosmic Voids Identified from Galaxy Group Samples as Probes of the Large-scale Structure
• Cosmic voids as a probe of the nature of dark matter: simulations and galaxy survey forecasts
• Constraining Neutrino Mass with the Void Weak Lensing Effect
• Robustness of cosmic void statistics: insights from SDSS DR7 and the ELUCID simulation

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