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Correlation properties of the large scale matter distribution and galaxy number counts

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Book cover Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics: Primordial Cosmology

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We introduce the basic techniques used for the analysis of three dimensional and two dimensional galaxy samples. We report the correlation analysis of various red-shift surveys which shows that the available data are consistent with each other and manifest fractal correlations (with dimension D≃ 2) up to the present observational limits without any tendency towards homogenization. This result points to a new interpretation of the galaxy number counts. We show that an analysis of the small scale fluctuations allows us to reconcile the correlation analysis and the number counts in a new perspective which has a number of important implications.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 2, 1-00185, Roma, Italy

    L. Pietronero, F. Sylos Labini & M. Montuori

  2. INFM sezione di Roma 1, Italy

    L. Pietronero, F. Sylos Labini & M. Montuori

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  1. Observatoire de Paris Demirm, Paris, France

    N. Sánchez

  2. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    A. Zichichi

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Pietronero, L., Labini, F.S., Montuori, M. (1998). Correlation properties of the large scale matter distribution and galaxy number counts. In: Sánchez, N., Zichichi, A. (eds) Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics: Primordial Cosmology. NATO ASI Series, vol 511. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5046-0_21

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