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Baryons in the Darkest Sites of the Universe

  • Authors: Kritti Sharma, Vikram Ravi, Dhayaa Anbajagane, William R. Coulton, Elisabeth Krause, Nico Schuster, Alice Pisani, Samuel McCarty, Liam Connor, Simone Ferraro, Nico Hamaus, Pranjal R. S.

Kritti Sharma et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 .

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The measured anticorrelation between FRB DMs and void positions at 3.2σ statistical significance. The colors correspond to three DM thresholds used to construct the nested FRB subsets for cross correlations, defined as DM ≥ DMcut, where DMcut ∈  {500, 750, 1000} pc cm−3. These subsets are sensitive to broadly different redshift ranges. We model the observed signal with an effective Universe approach (upper panel) and a uniform-density approach (lower panel). The amplitude of the measured signal is consistent with theoretical prediction from the effective Universe model (αv = 1.80 ± 0.87) and reflects a ∼60% ± 30% underdensity of baryons in void interiors compared to the surrounding medium (δe,v = −0.58 ± 0.30).

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