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(Non-)fractality on Large Scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Vicent J. Martínez
Vicent J. Martínez*
Affiliation:
Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, Burjassot, E-46100, Valencia, Spain

Abstract

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The debate about the possible smoothness of the Universe on large scales as opposed to an unbounded fractal hierarchy has been the subject of increasing interest in recent years. The controversy arises as a consequence of different statistical analyses performed on surveys of galaxy redshifts. I review the observational evidence supporting the idea that a gradual transition occurs in the galaxy distribution: from a fractal regime at small scales to large scale homogeneity.

Type
Part V: Large Scale Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 201: New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters , 2005 , pp. 168 - 177
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2005 

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