The angular projection of fractals and its relevance for the galaxy distributions

Marileen Dogterom and Luciano Pietronero

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1991, vol. 171, issue 2, 239-248

Abstract: The distribution of points corresponding to the angular projection of a fractal is shown to become homogeneous for relatively large angels. In addition the corresponding correlation function w(θ) depends strongly on the angular half-width of the considered sample. These results show that, contrary to the usual interpretation, the observed angular correlations of galaxies can actually be compatible with a fractal structure in space.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(91)90276-I

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