Bibcode
DOI
Trujillo, I.; Carretero, Conrado; Patiri, Santiago G.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 640, Issue 2, pp. L111-L114.
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2006
Journal
Citations
111
Refereed citations
99
Description
Galaxies are not distributed randomly throughout space but are instead
arranged in an intricate ``cosmic web'' of filaments and walls
surrounding bubble-like voids. There is still no compelling
observational evidence of a link between the structure of the cosmic web
and how galaxies form within it. However, such a connection is expected
on the basis of our understanding of the origin of galaxy angular
momentum: disk galaxies should be highly inclined relative to the plane
defined by the large-scale structure surrounding them. Using the two
largest galaxy redshift surveys currently in existence (2dFGRS and
SDSS), we show at the 99.7% confidence level that these alignments do
indeed exist: spiral galaxies located on the shells of the largest
cosmic voids have rotation axes that lie preferentially on the void
surface.