redshift space fazâ-ye sorx-kib Fr.: espace de décalage vers le rouge The space corresponding to → redshift measurements, as contrasted with real space. See also → redshift space distortion |
redshift space distortion cowlegi-ye fazâ-ye sorx-kib Fr.: distorsion dûe aux vitesses particulières sur la ligne
de visée The distortion observed in → redshift space of → galaxy clusters caused by peculiar velocities of the members (→ peculiar velocity). In a perfectly homogeneous → Friedmann-Lemaitre Universe the redshifts would accurately measure radial distances from the observer, and the mapping from real space to redshift space would simply be an identity. In an inhomogeneous Universe the peculiar velocities associated with any inhomogeneous structure will introduce a distortion in this mapping (N. Kaiser, 1987, MNRAS 227, 1). See also: → fingers of God, → Kaiser effect. → redshift; → space; → distortion;. |