5–9 Jul 2026
University of Canterbury
Pacific/Auckland timezone

The Effect of Dark Energy on the Void-Galaxy Perpendicular Alignments

9 Jul 2026, 14:10
20m
Room E6 (Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury)

Room E6

Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury

63 Creyke Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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Speaker

Jounghun Lee

Description

In my talk, it will be presented that the perpendicular alignments of void-surface galaxies can in principle be a powerful probe of the dynamic nature of dark energy (DE). Applying the Void-Finder algorithm to the AbacusSummit simulations performed for extensive ranges of DE cosmologies, we have numerically discovered that the shape axes of void-surface galactic halos tend to be perpendicularly aligned with the directions toward the void centers, and that the strengths of these perpendicular alignments of void-surface galactic halos sensitively depend on the DE amount and equation of state. Developing an effective bilinear model for this DE dependence, the validity of this model against several possible systematics has been proven.

Research Area Cosmology: late universe

Authors

GEONWOO KANG (Seoul National University) Jounghun Lee

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