Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2022) 137: 132
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02373-8

Regular Article

On the origin of cosmic web

¹ Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics, Alikhanian National Laboratory, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
² SIA, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Rome, Italy
³ Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS, Miusskaya Sq., 4, Moscow, Russia

^a gurzadyan@yerphi.am

Received: 22 December 2021
Accepted: 10 January 2022
Published online: 18 January 2022

Abstract

The emergence of one- and two-dimensional configurations—Zeldovich pancakes—progenitors of the observed filaments and clusters and groups of galaxies is predicted by means of a developed kinetic approach in analyzing the evolution of initial density perturbations. The self-consistent gravitational interaction described by Vlasov–Poisson set of equations with branching conditions is shown to predict two-dimensional structures as of layers of increased density and voids between them, i.e., the cellular macro-structure of the Universe. The modified potential of weak-field General Relativity is involved, which enables one to explain the Hubble tension, revealing the conceptual discrepancy in the local galactic flows and the cosmological expansion. This demonstrates the possible essential role of self-consistent gravity in the formation of the cosmic web.