Dynamical Constraints on the Local Group from the CMB and 2MRS Dipoles

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2007-11-24

arxiv.org/abs/0711.3809v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13187.x

We place constraints on the dynamics of the Local Group (LG) by comparing the dipole of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with the peculiar velocity induced by the 2MRS galaxy sample. The analysis is limited by the lack of surveyed galaxies behind the Zone of Avoidance (ZoA). We therefore allow for a component of the LG velocity due to unknown mass concentrations behind the ZoA, as well as for an unknown transverse velocity of the Milky Way relative to the Andromeda galaxy. We infer extra motion along the direction of the Galactic center (where Galactic confusion and dust obscuration peaks) at the 95% significance level. With a future survey of the ZoA it might be possible to constrain the transverse velocity of the Milky Way relative to Andromeda.

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