Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
MSc thesis. 89 pages
Scientific paper
Modern cosmological observations clearly reveal that the universe contains a hierarchy of clustering. However, recent surveys show a transition to homogeneity on large scales. The exact scale at which this transition occurs is still a topic of much debate. There has been much work done in trying to characterise the galaxy distribution using multifractals. However, for a number of years the size, depth and accuracy of galaxy surveys was regarded as insufficient to give a definitive answer. One of the main problems which arises in a multifractal analysis is how to deal with observational selection effects: ie `masks' in the survey region and a geometric boundary to the survey itself. In this thesis I will introduce a volume boundary correction which is rather similar to the approach developed by Pan and Coles in 2001, but which improves on their angular boundary correction in two important respects: firstly, our volume correction `throws away' fewer galaxies close the boundary of a given data set and secondly it is computationally more efficient. After application of our volume correction, I will then show how the underlying generalised dimensions of a given point set can be computed. I will apply this procedure to calculate the generalised fractal dimensions of both simulated fractal point sets and mock galaxy surveys which mimic the properties of the recent IRAS PSCz catalogue.
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