Bibcode
Lietzen, H.; Tempel, E.; Liivamägi, L. J.; Montero-Dorta, A.; Einasto, M.; Streblyanska, A.; Maraston, C.; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.; Saar, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 588, id.L4, 4 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
4
2016
Revista
Número de citas
34
Número de citas referidas
30
Descripción
Aims: Superclusters are the largest relatively isolated systems
in the cosmic web. Using the SDSS BOSS survey, we search for the largest
superclusters in the redshift range 0.43 < z < 0.71.
Methods: We generate a luminosity-density field smoothed over 8
h-1Mpc to detect the large-scale over-density regions. Each
individual over-density region is defined as single supercluster in the
survey. We define the superclusters so that they are comparable to the
superclusters found in the SDSS main survey. Results: We find a
system that we call the BOSS Great Wall (BGW), which consists of two
walls with diameters 186 and 173 h-1 Mpc and two other major
superclusters with diameters of 64 and 91 h-1 Mpc. As a
whole, this system consists of 830 galaxies with the mean redshift 0.47.
We estimate the total mass to be approximately 2 ×
1017h-1 M⊙. The morphology of the
superclusters in the BGW system is similar to the morphology of the
superclusters in the Sloan Great Wall region. Conclusions: The
BGW is one of the most extended and massive systems of superclusters
found so far in the Universe.