The Aspen--Amsterdam Void Finder Comparison Project
Joerg M. Colberg (1, 2), Frazer Pearce (3), Caroline Foster (4 and, 5), Erwin Platen (6), Riccardo Brunino (3), Mark Neyrinck (7), Spyros, Basilakos (8), Anthony Fairall (9), Hume Feldman (10), Stefan Gottloeber, (11), Oliver Hahn (12), Fiona Hoyle (13), Volker Mueller (11)

TL;DR
This study systematically compares thirteen different void-finding algorithms in large-scale cosmic structure, revealing consistent results in void locations, densities, and galaxy distributions across methods.
Contribution
First comprehensive comparison of multiple void finders applied to the same simulation data, highlighting their agreements and differences.
Findings
All methods locate a major void near the volume center.
Voids have underdensities below 10% of mean cosmic density.
Void galaxies show similar density trends across methods.
Abstract
Despite a history that dates back at least a quarter of a century studies of voids in the large--scale structure of the Universe are bedevilled by a major problem: there exist a large number of quite different void--finding algorithms, a fact that has so far got in the way of groups comparing their results without worrying about whether such a comparison in fact makes sense. Because of the recent increased interest in voids, both in very large galaxy surveys and in detailed simulations of cosmic structure formation, this situation is very unfortunate. We here present the first systematic comparison study of thirteen different void finders constructed using particles, haloes, and semi--analytical model galaxies extracted from a subvolume of the Millennium simulation. The study includes many groups that have studied voids over the past decade. We show their results and discuss their…
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