The Cosmic Foam: Stochastic Geometry and Spatial Clustering Across the Universe

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2002-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206366v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Invited contribution to ``Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy III'', State College, Pennsylvania, July 2001, eds. G.J.

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We stress the importance of stochastic geometry as a branch of mathematical statistics particularly suited to model and investigate nontrivial spatial patterns. One of its key concepts, Voronoi tessellations, represents a versatile and flexible mathematical model for foamlike patterns. Based on a seemingly simple definition, Voronoi tessellations define a wealthy stochastic network of interconnected anisotropic components, each of which can be identified with the various structural elements of the cosmic galaxy distribution. Here we describe results of an ongoing investigation of a variety of aspects of cosmologically relevant spatial distributions and statistics within the framework of Voronoi tessellations. Interesting is the recent finding of a profound scaling of both clustering strength and clustering extent for the distribution of tessellation nodes, representing galaxy clusters. It suggests a hitherto unexpected fundamental and profound property of foamlike geometries. In a sense, cellular networks may be the source of an intrinsic ``geometrically biased'' clustering.

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