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A public void catalog from the SDSS DR7 Galaxy Redshift Surveys based on the watershed transform

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We produce the most comprehensive public void catalog to date using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 main sample out to redshift z=0.2 and the luminous red galaxy sample out to z=0.44. Using a modified version of the parameter-free void finder ZOBOV, we fully take into account the presence of the survey boundary and masks. Our strategy for finding voids is thus appropriate for any survey configuration. We produce two distinct catalogs: a complete catalog including voids near any masks, which would be appropriate for void galaxy surveys, and a bias-free catalog of voids away from any masks, which is necessary for analyses that require a fair sampling of void shapes and alignments. Our discovered voids have effective radii from 5 to 135 h^-1 Mpc. We discuss basic catalog statistics such as number counts and redshift distributions and describe some additional data products derived from our catalog, such as radial density profiles and projected density maps. We find that radial profiles of stacked voids show a qualitatively similar behavior across nearly two decades of void radii and throughout the full redshift range.

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Unveiling $f(R)$ Gravity with Void-Galaxy Cross-Correlation Multipoles

astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-12 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0 · 2 refs

Semi-analytical calculation of void-galaxy cross-correlation multipoles in Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity reveals size-dependent deviations from LambdaCDM up to 29.7 percent for small voids, amplified by nonlinear evolution and potentially observable in Stage-IV surveys.

Constraining Neutrino Mass with the Void Weak Lensing Effect

astro-ph.CO · 2026-03-10 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Simulations of void-shear cross-correlation demonstrate that void lensing can constrain total neutrino mass to σ(M_ν)=0.096 eV without shape noise and 0.340 eV with Stage-III-like noise.

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  • Unveiling $f(R)$ Gravity with Void-Galaxy Cross-Correlation Multipoles astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-12 · unverdicted · none · ref 29 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Semi-analytical calculation of void-galaxy cross-correlation multipoles in Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity reveals size-dependent deviations from LambdaCDM up to 29.7 percent for small voids, amplified by nonlinear evolution and potentially observable in Stage-IV surveys.

  • Constraining Neutrino Mass with the Void Weak Lensing Effect astro-ph.CO · 2026-03-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 38 · internal anchor

    Simulations of void-shear cross-correlation demonstrate that void lensing can constrain total neutrino mass to σ(M_ν)=0.096 eV without shape noise and 0.340 eV with Stage-III-like noise.