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Absence of a Periodic Component in Quasar z-Distribution

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

Since the discovery of quasars in papers often appeared and appear the assertions that the redshift quasar distribution includes a periodic component with the period Δz=0.063\Delta z = 0.063 or 0.11. A statement of such kind, if it is correct, may manifest the existence of a far order in quasar distribution in cosmological time, that might lead to a fundamental revision all the cosmological paradigm. In the present time there is a unique opportunity to check this statement with a high precision, using the rich statictics of 2dF and SDSS catalogues (about 85000 quasars). Our analysis indicates that the periodic component in distribution of quasar redshifts is absent at high confidence level.

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@article{arxiv.1011.0611,
  title  = {Absence of a Periodic Component in Quasar z-Distribution},
  author = {Serge V. Repin and Boris V. Komberg and Vladimir N. Lukash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0611},
  year   = {2015}
}