Large-scale periodicity in the distribution of QSO absorption-line systems |
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Authors: | A I Ryabinkov A D Kaminker |
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Institution: | 1.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute,St. Petersburg,Russia |
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Abstract: | The spatial-temporal distribution of absorption-line systems (ALSs) observed in QSO spectra within the cosmological redshift
interval z=0.0–4.3 is investigated on the base of our updated catalog of absorption systems. We consider so-called metallic systems
including basically lines of heavy elements. The sample of the data displays regular variations (with amplitudes ∼15–20%)
in the z-distribution of ALSs as well as in the η-distribution, where η is a dimensionless line-of-sight comoving distance, relatively to smoother dependences. The η-distribution reveals the periodicity with period Δη=0.036±0.002, which corresponds to a spatial characteristic scale (108±6)h
−1 Mpc or (alternatively) a temporal interval (350±20)h
−1 Myr for the ΛCDM cosmological model. We discuss the possibility of a spatial interpretation of the results, treating the
pattern obtained as a trace of an order imprinted on the galaxy clustering in the early Universe. |
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