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[ascl:2601.004] Sparkling: Spherical cosmic voids finder
Sparkling identifies spherical cosmic voids in numerical N-body simulations and galaxy surveys. The algorithm uses a Voronoi tessellation to estimate the density field and selects underdense candidates by iteratively computing the integrated density contrast inside spheres of increasing radius until a specific threshold is reached. Void centers are refined through repeated random displacements that are accepted only when they increase the candidate radius, yielding well-defined centers for subsequent analysis. Overlapping spheres are rejected to produce a non-redundant void catalog suitable for computing stacking statistics such as correlation functions and radial density profiles.
Code site:
https://gitlab.com/andresruiz/Sparkling
Used in:
https://scixplorer.org/abs/2025arXiv250608832H https://scixplorer.org/abs/2015MNRAS.448.1471R https://scixplorer.org/abs/2019MNRAS.483.4070R
Bibcode:
2026ascl.soft01004R


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