Paul M. Sutter
(Paris)
Abstract:
Voids are the large, underdense regions in the cosmic web. While they are obviously useful cosmological probes, due to their intimate connection to the growth of structure, they are also interesting places to study astrophysics such as neutrino mass and primordial magnetic fields. I will present the latest work to identify voids in galaxy redshift surveys, how they connect to underdensities in dark matter, and the first results in exploiting their properties (sizes, shapes, interior contents) for scientific gain.