Does the Universe Have a Handedness?
| dc.creator | Longo, Michael J. | |
| dc.date | 2008-12-18 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:20:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:20:14Z | |
| dc.description | In this article I extend an earlier study of spiral galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to investigate whether the universe has an overall handedness. A preference for spiral galaxies in one sector of the sky to be left-handed or right-handed spirals would indicate a parity-violating asymmetry in the overall universe and a preferred axis. The previous study used 2616 spiral galaxies with redshifts <0.04 and identified handedness. The new study uses 15872 with redshifts <0.085 and obtains very similar results to the first with a signal exceeding 5 sigma, corresponding to a probability of 2.5x10-7 for occurring by chance. The axis of the dipole asymmetry lies at approx. (l, b) =(32d,69d), roughly along that of our Galaxy and close to the so-called "Axis of Evil". | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3437 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3437 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213011 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Does the Universe Have a Handedness? | |
| dc.type | text |