Probing cosmic isotropy in the Local Universe

Abstract

This is a model-independent analysis that investigates the statistical isotropy in the Local Universe using the ALFALFA survey data ($0<z<0.06$). We investigate the angular distribution of HI extra-galactic sources from the ALFALFA catalogue and study whether they are compatible with the statistical isotropy hypothesis using the two-point angular correlation function (2PACF). Aware that the Local Universe is plenty of clustered structures and large voids, we compute the 2PACF with the Landy-Szalay estimator performing directional analyses to inspect 10 sky regions. We investigate these 2PACF using power-law best-fit analyses, and determine the statistical significance of the best-fit parameters for the 10 ALFALFA regions by comparison with the ones obtained through the same procedure applied to a set of mock catalogues produced under the homogeneity and isotropy hypotheses. Our conclusion is that the Local Universe, as mapped by the HI sources of the ALFALFA survey, is in agreement with the hypothesis of statistical isotropy within $2\sigma$ confidence level, for small and large angle analyses, with the only exception of one region -- located near the Dipole Repeller -- which appears slightly outlier ($2.4\sigma$). Interestingly, regarding the large angular distribution of the HI sources, we found 3 regions where the presence of cosmic voids reported in the literature left their signature in our 2PACF, suggesting projected large underdensities there, with number-density contrast $\delta \simeq -0.7$. According to the current literature these regions correspond, partially, to the sky position of the void structures known as Local Cosmic Void and Dipole Repeller.

14 pages, 13 figures, 2 appendices

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