Scale Dependent Dimension of Luminous Matter in the Universe

Details Scale Dependent Dimension of Luminous Matter in the Universe Scale Dependent Dimension of Luminous Matter in the Universe

2000-01-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001443v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4215

We present a geometrical model of the distribution of luminous matter in the universe, derived from a very simple reaction-diffusion model of turbulent phenomena. The apparent dimension of luminous matter, $D(l)$, depends linearly on the logarithm of the scale $l$ under which the universe is viewed: $D(l) \sim 3\log(l/l_0)/\log(\xi/l_0)$, where $\xi$ is a correlation length. Comparison with data from the SARS red-shift catalogue, and the LEDA database provides a good fit with a correlation length $\xi \sim 300$ Mpc. The geometrical interpretation is clear: At small distances, the universe is zero-dimensional and point-like. At distances of the order of 1 Mpc the dimension is unity, indicating a filamentary, string-like structure; when viewed at larger scales it gradually becomes 2-dimensional wall-like, and finally, at and beyond the correlation length, it becomes uniform.

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