COWS documentation

The cows python package is an implementation of the cosmic filament finder COsmic Web Skeleton (COWS). The cosmic filament finder works on Hessian-based cosmic web idetifier (such as the V-web) and returns a catalogue of filament spines.

It works by identifying the medial axis, or skeleton, of cosmic web filaments and then separating this skeleton into individual filaments. For more information of the specifics of the method, see here.

Installation

• Installation
  • Rquirements
  • Quick installation
  • Rebuilding C/C++ source files
  • Clean

Usage

• Usage

API Documentation

• API Documentation

License

• License

Citing

When using COWS in a publication, please cite the following paper:

arXiv:2201.04624 : “COWS: A filament finder for Hessian cosmic web identifiers”