# THE SIZE OF THE LONGEST FILAMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE

@article{Bharadwaj2004THESO,
title={THE SIZE OF THE LONGEST FILAMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE},
author={Somnath Bharadwaj and S. Bhavsar and Jatush V.Sheth Indian Institute of Technology and Kharagpur and India. and Department of Engineering Physics and Astronomy and University of Western Kentucky and Usa and I.U.C.A.A and Pune},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2004},
volume={606},
pages={25-31}
}
• S. Bharadwaj, +8 authors Pune
• Published 14 November 2003
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal
We analyze the filamentarity in the Las Campanas redshift survey (LCRS) and determine the length scale at which filaments are statistically significant. The largest length scale at which filaments are statistically significant, real objects is between 70 and 80 h-1 Mpc for the LCRS -3° slice. Filamentary features longer than 80 h-1 Mpc, although identified, are not statistically significant; they arise from chance alignments. For the five other LCRS slices, filaments of lengths 50-70 h-1 Mpc…

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