OMEGA FROM THE ANISOTROPY OF THE REDSHIFT CORRELATION-FUNCTION IN THE IRAS-2 JANSKY SURVEY

被引:52
作者
HAMILTON, AJS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO,DEPT ASTROPHYS PLANETARY & ATMOSPHER SCI,BOULDER,CO 80309
关键词
COSMOLOGY; OBSERVATIONS; GALAXIES; CLUSTERING; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE;
D O I
10.1086/186783
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Peculiar velocities distort the correlation function of galaxies in redshift space. In the linear regime, the distortion has a characteristic quadrupole plus hexadecapole form, with amplitude depending on the cosmological density parameter OMEGA. I report here measurements of the anisotropy of the correlation function in the IRAS 2 Jy redshift survey. The inferred value of OMEGA is OMEGA = 0.5(+0.5/-0.25).
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