A fractal galaxy distribution in a homogeneous universe ? : letter to the editor

Durrer, Ruth; Sylos Labini, Francesco

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A fractal galaxy distribution in a homogeneous universe ? : letter to the editor

ContributorsDurrer, Ruth

; Sylos Labini, Francesco

Published inAstronomy & astrophysics, vol. 339, p. L85-L88

Publication date1998

Abstract

In this letter we present an idea which reconciles a homogeneous and isotropic Friedmann universe with a fractal distribution of galaxies. We use two observational facts: The flat rotation curves of galaxies and the (still debated) fractal distribution of galaxies with fractal dimension [FORMULA]. Our idea can also be interpreted as a redefinition of the notion of bias.

Keywords

Large scale structure of universe
Cosmology: theory
Cosmology: dark matter
Galaxies: general

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique théorique

Citation (ISO format)

DURRER, Ruth, SYLOS LABINI, Francesco. A fractal galaxy distribution in a homogeneous universe ? : letter to the editor. In: Astronomy & astrophysics, 1998, vol. 339, p. L85–L88.

Article (Accepted version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:980
arXiv : astro-ph/9804171

Journal ISSN0004-6361

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