Published May 1, 1986
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The significance of voids
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The statistical significance of voids in the spatial distribution of galaxies or clusters of galaxies is studied. The probability per unit volume of finding a large void is expressed in terms of correlation functions. Numerical simulations are used to estimate the likelihood of observing a large void in the distribution of rich clusters of galaxies, assuming that rich clusters arose wherever suitably averaged primordial density fluctuations were unusually large.
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© 1986 American Astronomical Society. Provided by the NASA Astrophysics Data System. Received 1985 August 2; accepted 1985 October 23. We thank S. Coleman, R. P. Feynman and J. Salmon for helpful comments. This work was supported in part by the US DOE under contracts DEAC-03-81-WR40050 and DE-AT03-38-ER31118. MBW was supported in part by a DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator program under contract No. DE-GF03-84ER40172.Attached Files
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