Measurement of a large scale flow with clusters of galaxies

Authors
Prof.
Fernando Atrio Barandela
Date and time
15 Jan 2009 - 23:00 Europe/London
Address

Aula

Talk language
Spanish
Slides language
English
Serie number
0
Description
Peculiar velocities of galaxies, derived using distance estimators, are plagued with systematic effects and are unreliable beyond 100 Mpc/h. In Kashlinsky & Atrio-Barandela (2000) we proposed to measure peculiar velocities of clusters of galaxies using the temperature anisotropies on the Cosmic Microwave Background generated by the hot X-ray emitting. Using this technique we have recently found a bulk flow velocity of amplitude 600-1000 km/s in the same direction as the CMB dipole and encompassing a sphere of 300 Mpc/h radius. We shall discuss the cosmological implications of this measurement.
Format
Seminar
Talk Video
https://youtu.be/7Z7JxZKJKfU

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