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Fingers of God

J. C. Jackson

Abstract

Very long wavelength universal gravitational waves cannot now produce in clusters of galaxies velocity dispersions greater than that which these systems would possess if they were expanding with the Universe, if the Universe is not younger than $10^{10}$ yr and Hubble's constant is not less than 50 km/sec/ Mpc. A diagram shows that actual velocity dispersions are significantly greater than this limit.

Fingers of God

Abstract

Very long wavelength universal gravitational waves cannot now produce in clusters of galaxies velocity dispersions greater than that which these systems would possess if they were expanding with the Universe, if the Universe is not younger than yr and Hubble's constant is not less than 50 km/sec/ Mpc. A diagram shows that actual velocity dispersions are significantly greater than this limit.

Paper Structure

This paper contains 22 equations, 1 figure.

Figures (1)

  • Figure 1: The apparent space distribution of nearby galaxies with 10h $\leq RA\le$ 11h, assuming radial velocity to be a good distance indicator.