Wieslaw Macek

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We have recently argued that a simple nonlinear law could be important for the origin of the Universe resulting in fractal or multifractal features [1]. Various fractal scaling models of the large-scale mass distribution have already been proposed. The expected universal multifractal function for galaxies is similar to that identified by NASA's Voyager mission in the Solar System [2]. Now we apply the similar method to determine a reliable multifractal spectrum of distribution of galaxies on cosmological scales, based on selected observations from a million of galaxies in the Redshift Catalog (June 2008) [3]. We show that the observed spectrum is consistent with the weighted oneor two-scale Cantor set models characteristic for turbulence in laboratory and inside the Sun's heliosphere immersed in the very local interstellar medium. However, the total degree of multifractality ∆ ≈ 0.2 is much smaller then that inside the heliosphere. This would be characteristic for a simple linear fractal scaling of galaxy distribution, but somewhat varying for nearby (∆ ≈ 0.1) and the most remote galaxies (∆ ≈ 0.2) receding from our Solar System. The parameters p ≈ 0.45 and λ ≤ 1/2 for one-scale model are apparently related to some voids in the large-scale distribution of matter. A possible asymmetry (A ≈ 0.75) of the total spectrum for two-scale weighted Cantor set (A ̸ = 1) could admittedly be attributed to some deviations from the Hubble's law for the ideal uniform expansion of the Universe.