Analysis of dipole alignment in large-scale distribution of galaxy spin directions
Abstract
This code analyzes a dipole axis in the distribution of galaxy spin directions. The code takes as input a list of galaxies, their equatorial coordinates, and their spin directions. It then determines the statistical significance of possible dipole axis at any point in the sky by comparing the cosine dependence of the spin directions to the mean and standard deviation of the cosine dependence after 2000 runs with random spin directions. A code to analyze the binomial distribution of the spin directions using Monte Carlo simulation is also available.
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- July 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022ascl.soft07030S
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- Software