Quantifying cosmic superstructures

The large-scale structure (LSS) found in galaxy redshift surveys and in computer simulations of cosmic structure formation shows a very complex network of galaxy clusters, filaments and sheets around large voids. Here, we introduce a new algorithm, based on a minimal spanning tree, to find basic str...

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Published in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2007-02, Vol.375 (1), p.337-347
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Red shift
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