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Dynamics of Superclusters as the Most Powerful Test for Theories of Galaxy Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

L. M. Ozernoy
L. M. Ozernoy*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Department, P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences of U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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Analysis of Brown's (1964, 1968) data on the orientation of galaxies inside superclusters confirms his conclusion that the directions of the major axes of the galaxies are significantly correlated. For a number of superclusters, the minor axes are found to be oriented along the direction of the flattening of the supercluster as a whole. By analogy with the Local Supercluster where the same phenomenon is associated presumably with the rotation established by de Vaucouleurs (1959), one may conclude that, in general, superclusters rotate. It is shown that rotation on scales as large as these cannot be explained by tidal or by any local effects, and must have a primeval nature analogous to the 3 K microwave background. Rotation on such scales contradicts the standard idea of galaxy formation from density fluctuations but favours the concept of primeval whirls which gave rise to pregalactic density inhomogeneities.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 58: The Formation and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1974 , pp. 85 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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