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Is the great attractor really a great wall?Some of the cosmological consequences of a late-time phase transition which produces light domain walls are discussed. The observed peculiar velocity field of the universe and the observed isotropy of the microwave backgroud radiation severely constrain the wall surface density in such as scenario: G(omega) less than about 0.0001 H0 (H0 is the present value of the Hubble parameter). The most interesting consequence of such a phase transition is the possibility that the local, coherent streaming motion of about 600 km/s reported by Dressler et al (1987) could be explained by the repulsive effect of a relic domain wall within the Hubble volume provided that G(omega)/H0 = 0.0001.
Document ID
19890048907
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Stebbins, Albert
(California, University Santa Barbara; Toronto, University, Canada)
Turner, Michael S.
(NASAFermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia; California, University Santa Barbara; Chicago, University, IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 339
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
89A36278
Distribution Limits
Public
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