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The apparent Local Group motion inferred from infrared observations of an all-sky sample of spiral galaxies is interpreted in terms of a large-scale streaming motion for these galaxies on a scale of 50 h -1 Mpc. If this streaming is induced by large-scale density fluctuations, the fluctuations required are compatible with the observed distribution of luminous matter, but only in a closed universe. In the context of current speculation regarding non-baryonic particle species which may dominate the mass of the universe, this result seems to be inconsistent with cold dark matter models.
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Collins, C.A., Joseph, R.D., Robertson, N.A. (1986). Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Hubble Flow. In: Madore, B.F., Tully, R.B. (eds) Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion. NATO ASI Series, vol 180. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4702-3_23
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