A New Method to Determine the Sizes and Shapes of Void Regions

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Session 71 -- Galaxy and CBR Distribution
Display presentation, Friday, January 14, 9:30-6:45, Salons I/II Room (Crystal Gateway)

[71.18] A New Method to Determine the Sizes and Shapes of Void Regions

I.K.Horowitz, J.W.Moody (BYU)

We present an algorithm to optimize the measurement of the sizes, shapes and centers of void regions. We have applied this algorithm to the CfA redshift survey to a depth of 7000 km/sec. In addition, we characterize the selection effects which affect our results. This optimization utilizes several different definitions of the void edges.

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