Characterizing the hierarchical structure of filaments I. On the origin of the length-mass (L-M) scaling relation

arXiv:2609.19369 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-16 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-10-08

Comments: 21 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Code: https://github.com/seclark/RHT

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

Terminology

• Rolling Hough Transform — 4× in this paper
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Homogeneity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Lskel and the Minimum Enclosing Circle — 1× in this paper

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