The QDOT and cluster dipoles - Evidence for a low-Omega(0) universe?

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May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993mnras.262..465p&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 262, no. 2, p. 465-474.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Background Radiation, Cosmology, Galactic Clusters, Relic Radiation, Universe, Galactic Mass, Local Group (Astronomy), Mass Distribution

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We have reanalyzed the QDOT survey in order to investigate the convergence properties of the estimated dipole and the consequent reliability of the derived value of Omegaexp 0.6/b. We find that there is no compelling evidence that the QDOT dipole has converged within the limits of reliable determination and completeness. The value of Omega(0) derived by Rowan-Robinson et al. (1990) should therefore be considered only as an upper limit. We find strong evidence that the shell between 140 and 160/h Mpc does contribute significantly to the total dipole anisotropy, and therefore to the motion of the Local Group with respect to the cosmic microwave background. This shell contains the Shapley concentration, but we argue that this concentration itself cannot explain all the gravitational acceleration produced by it; there must exist a coherent anisotropy which includes this structure, but extends greatly beyond it. With the QDOT data alone, we cannot determine precisely the magnitude of any such anisotropy.

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