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The Consistency of Cosmic Flows on 100 Mpc/h Scales

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We have compared the bulk flow of recent large-scale peculiar velocity surveys (SMAC, SC, Lauer and Postman, Willick, EFAR and Tonry's SNIa sample) to each other, allowing for the errors due to sparse sampling. We conclude that, contrary to the current perception, there is no significant conflict between these surveys. The combined peculiar velocity dataset samples a volume 100\h1\sim 100 \h^{-1} mpc in radius and has a bulk flow of 350±80350 \pm 80 km/s. Allowing for the sparse sampling, we find that this result is not in conflict with the Λ\LambdaCDM models. Structure(s) responsible for the large-scale motion have not yet been identified, but some likely suspects are presently under surveillance.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311072,
  title  = {The Consistency of Cosmic Flows on 100 Mpc/h Scales},
  author = {Michael J Hudson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311072},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Talk given at the 15th Rencontres De Blois: Physical Cosmology: New Results In Cosmology And The Coherence Of The Standard Model (Blois 2003)