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We probe the angular scale of homogeneity in the local Universe using blue galaxies from the SDSS survey as a cosmological tracer. Through the scaled counts in spherical caps, $ \mathcal{N}(<\theta) $, and the fractal correlation dimension,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 F. Avila , C. P. Novaes , A. Bernui , E. de Carvalho , J. P. Nogueira-Cavalcante

We present a model-independent estimate of the angular homogeneity scale in the Local Universe by analysing data from the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS). Two complementary estimators are employed: (i) a parametric…

In this study, we probe the transition to cosmic homogeneity in the Large Scale Structure (LSS) of the Universe using the CMASS galaxy sample of BOSS spectroscopic survey which covers the largest effective volume to date, $3\ h^{-3}\…

We use the scaled counts in spherical caps $\mathcal{N}(<\theta)$ and the fractal correlation dimension $ \mathcal{D}_{2}(\theta) $ procedures to search for a transition scale to homogeneity in the local universe as given by the ALFALFA…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 F. Avila , C. P. Novaes , A. Bernui , E. de Carvalho

In this paper, we study the characteristic scale of transition to cosmic homogeneity of the universe, $\mathcal{R}_H$, as a standard ruler, to constrain cosmological parameters on mock galaxy catalogues. We use mock galaxy catalogues that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 Pierros Ntelis , Anne Ealet , Stephanie Escoffier , Jean-Christophe Hamilton , Adam James Hawken , Jean-Marc Le Goff , James Rich , Andre Tilquin

We report measurements of the scale of cosmic homogeneity ($r_{h}$) using the recently released quasar sample of the sixteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV DR16). We perform our analysis in 2 redshift bins lying in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-04 Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Gabriela C. Carvalho , Uendert Andrade , Carlos A. P. Bengaly , Joel C. Carvalho , Jailson Alcaniz

In this study, we probe the cosmic homogeneity with the BOSS CMASS galaxy sample in the redshift region of $0.43 < z < 0.7$. We use the normalised counts-in-spheres estimator $\mathcal{N}(<r)$ and the fractal correlation dimension…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 Pierros Ntelis

In this paper, we study the normalised characteristic scale of transition to cosmic homogeneity, $\mathcal{R}_H/d_V$, as a cosmological probe. We use a compilation of SDSS galaxy samples, comprising more than $10^6$ galaxies in the redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-18 Pierros Ntelis , Adam James Hawken , Stephanie Escoffier , Anne Ealet , Andre Tilquin

We have made the largest-volume measurement to date of the transition to large-scale homogeneity in the distribution of galaxies. We use the WiggleZ survey, a spectroscopic survey of over 200,000 blue galaxies in a cosmic volume of ~1…

In standard cosmology, the cosmic homogeneity scale is the transition scale above which the patterns arising from non-uniformities -- such as groups and clusters of galaxies, voids, and filaments -- become indistinguishable from a random…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Xiaoyun Shao , Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Carlos A. P. Bengaly , Uendert Andrade , Gabriela C. Carvalho , Jailson Alcaniz

We carry out multifractal analyses of multiple tracers namely the main galaxy sample, the LRG sample and the quasar sample from the SDSS to test the assumption of cosmic homogeneity and identify the scale of transition to homogeneity, if…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-24 Prakash Sarkar , Subhabrata Majumdar , Biswajit Pandey , Atul Kedia , Suman Sarkar

The quasar sample of the fourteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV DR14) is used to determine the cosmic homogeneity scale in the redshift range $0.80<z<2.24$. We divide the sample into 4 redshift bins, each one with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-04 R. S. Gonçalves , G. C. Carvalho , C. A. P. Bengaly , J. C. Carvalho , J. S. Alcaniz

We report measurements of the angular scale of cosmic homogeneity ($\theta_{H}$) using the recently released luminous red galaxy sample of the sixteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV LRG DR16). It consists of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-28 Uendert Andrade , Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Gabriela C. Carvalho , Carlos A. P. Bengaly , Joel C. Carvalho , Jailson Alcaniz

The BOSS quasar sample is used to study cosmic homogeneity with a 3D survey in the redshift range $2.2<z<2.8$. We measure the count-in-sphere, $N(<\! r)$, i.e. the average number of objects around a given object, and its logarithmic…

We test the homogeneity of the Universe at $z\sim 0.3$ with the Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) spectroscopic sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. First, the mean number $N(R)$ of LRGs within completely surveyed LRG-centered spheres of…

Standard cosmology is based on the assumption that the universe is spatially homogeneous. However the consensus on a homogeneous matter structure, even on very large scales, has never been complete. The advantage of correlation dimension…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-05 Reuben Thieberger , Marie-Noëlle Célérier

The homogeneity scale, $R_{\rm H}$, offers a fundamental test of the Cosmological Principle, yet it has not yet been measured with 21cm intensity mapping surveys. A key limitation for such a measurement is the telescope beam, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-27 Bruno B. Bizarria , Camila P. Novaes , Felipe Avila , Rahima Mokeddem , Helissa H. da Costa , Carlos A. Wuensche , Gabriel A. S. Silva

We introduce the velocity coherence scale $R_v$, the scale at which the spherical volume average of the trace of the velocity correlation tensor transitions from scaling faster than the sphere radius to scaling more slowly. This corresponds…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-09 Leonardo Giani , Cullan Howlett , Chris Blake , Ryan J. Turner , Tamara M. Davis

The assumption that the Universe, on sufficiently large scales, is homogeneous and isotropic is crucial to our current understanding of cosmology. In this paper we test if the observed galaxy distribution is actually homogeneous on large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Prakash Sarkar , Jaswant Yadav , Biswajit Pandey , Somnath Bharadwaj

In this paper, we obtain new measurements of the angular homogeneity scale ($\theta_H$) from the BOSS DR12 and eBOSS DR16 catalogs of Luminous Red Galaxies of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Considering the flat $\Lambda$CDM model, we use the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-15 Xiaoyun Shao , Carlos A. P. Bengaly , Rodrigo S. Gonçalves , Gabriela C. Carvalho , Jailson Alcaniz
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