u/CentauriSpace

• I’ve been reading about the cosmic web and dark matter filaments, and I had a thought about viewing them more like an interconnected “network system” instead of only isolated filaments.

• I called the idea a Dark Filament Network (DFN) as a conceptual interpretation, not a replacement for ΛCDM cosmology or current cosmic web models.

• From what I understand, structure growth is described using:

δ = (ρ - ρ̄) / ρ̄

and gravity distribution through:

∇²Φ = 4πGρ

• My question is: would this idea already be fully covered under existing cosmic web theory, or is there any research related to treating filament connectivity as a larger dynamic network system?

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Thank you for taking your time to read this.

This is just a personal idea/hypothesis, not proven science.

• We already know the universe has a large-scale structure called the cosmic web, where galaxies form along dark matter filaments.

• I’m calling an extended version of this idea the Dark Filament Network (DFN).

• The basic thought is that these filaments might not just be passive structures, but could behave more like a connected network influencing how galaxies form and move over time.

• So instead of thinking of filaments as separate lines, DFN treats them more like a linked system across the universe.

I’m not saying this replaces current models—just trying to look at the same structure from a different angle.

What do you say? Can it be a hypothesis or just a speculative idea?

Just an image for understanding.