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A deep redshift survey of IRAS galaxies towards the Bootes void

Journal Article · · Astronomical Journal; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/115344· OSTI ID:6955934
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  1. California Univ., Berkeley (USA) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)
Redshifts were measured for a complete sample of galaxies detected by the IRAS within 11.5 deg of the center of the void in Bootes discovered by Kirshner et al (1981). There are 12 IRAS galaxies within the void as defined by the above authors, seven of which were discovered in this survey. One of these has a companion at the same redshift. The resulting density of IRAS galaxies in the void is measured to be between 1/6 and 1/3 of the average density; the uncertainty is dominated by Poisson statistics. Good agreement is found between the selection function and number density derived from the present sample and those derived from the all-sky sample of Strauss (1989). The optical spectra of the newly found galaxies in the void are typical of IRAS galaxies in the field. 30 refs.
OSTI ID:
6955934
Journal Information:
Astronomical Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Astronomical Journal; (USA) Vol. 99; ISSN 0004-6256; ISSN ANJOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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