Ellipticity correlations of SDSS galaxies (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Ellipticity correlations of SDSS galaxies

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3D position and shape information for each galaxy helped to measure the magnitude of alignment relative to distant galaxies

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KyotoU/Jake Tobiyama

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