A High-Mass Size Deficit for Void Galaxies in the Complete SDSS DR7

arXiv:2609.19253 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-09-16 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-09-16

Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 22 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables

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

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

Terminology

• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Population Synthesis — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design
• Euclid Definition Study Report
• The SDSS Imaging Pipelines

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