Abstract
The motions of galaxies can be used to constrain the cosmological density parameter Ω and the clustering amplitude of matter on large scales. The mean relative velocity of galaxy pairs, estimated from the Mark III survey, indicates that Ω = 0.35 −0.25 +0.35 . If the clustering of galaxies is unbiased on large scales, Ω = 0.35 ± 0.15, so that an unbiased Einstein–de Sitter model (Ω = 1) is inconsistent with the data.
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@article{Juszkiewicz_2000, title={Evidence for a Low-Density Universe from the Relative Velocities of Galaxies}, volume={287}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5450.109}, DOI={10.1126/science.287.5450.109}, number={5450}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Juszkiewicz, R. and Ferreira, P. G. and Feldman, H. A. and Jaffe, A. H. and Davis, M.}, year={2000}, month=jan, pages={109–112} }