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宇宙有手吗?

Does the Universe Have a Handedness?

Michael J. Longo

摘要:

在这篇文章中,我扩展了斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)中对螺旋星系的早期研究,以调查宇宙是否具有整体的手性。在天空的一个扇区中,螺旋星系倾向于左手螺旋或右手螺旋,这表明整个宇宙中存在违反宇称的不对称性和一个优选轴。先前的研究使用了2616个红移<0.04的螺旋星系,并确定了旋向性。这项新研究使用了红移<0.085的15872,并获得了与第一个信号超过5 sigma非常相似的结果,对应于偶然发生的概率为2.5x10-7。偶极不对称的轴位于约。(l,b)=(32 d,69 d),大致沿着我们银河系的方向,靠近所谓的“邪恶轴心”。

英文摘要:

In this article I extend an earlier study of spiral galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to investigate whether the universe has an overall handedness. A preference for spiral galaxies in one sector of the sky to be left-handed or right-handed spirals would indicate a parity-violating asymmetry in the overall universe and a preferred axis. The previous study used 2616 spiral galaxies with redshifts <0.04 and identified handedness. The new study uses 15872 with redshifts <0.085 and obtains very similar results to the first with a signal exceeding 5 sigma, corresponding to a probability of 2.5x10-7 for occurring by chance. The axis of the dipole asymmetry lies at approx. (l, b) =(32d,69d), roughly along that of our Galaxy and close to the so-called "Axis of Evil".

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