No Periodicities in 2dF Redshift Survey Data
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چکیده
We have used the publicly available data from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey to test the hypothesis that there is a periodicity in the redshift distribution of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) found projected close to foreground galaxies. These data provide by far the largest and most homogeneous sample for such a study, yielding 1647 QSO–galaxy pairs. There is no evidence for a periodicity at the predicted frequency in log(1 + z), or at any other frequency.
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