The supercluster-void network V. Alternative evidence for its regularity

Abstract

The distribution of Abell clusters of galaxies is analysed to study the regularity of the supercluster-void network. A new geometric method sensitive to the regularity of the location of clusters is applied. We find that the supercluster-void network resembles a cubical lattice over the whole space investigated. The distribution of rich superclusters is not isotropic: along the main axis of the network it is periodic with a step of length about 130 Mpc (for Hubble constant h=1), whereas along the diagonal of the network the period is larger. This large-scale inhomogeneity is compatible with recent CMB data.

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