Shapley_Attractor

Shapley Attractor

Shapley Attractor

Attractor in the Shapley supercluster

The Shapley attractor is an attractor located about the Shapley Supercluster.[1]

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It is opposed to the Dipole Repeller, in the CMB dipole of local galactic flow. It is thought to be the composite contributions of the Shapley Concentration and the Great Attractor.

References

  1. [1]
    Hoffman, Yehuda; Pomarède, Daniel; Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M. (January 30, 2017). "The dipole repeller". Nature Astronomy. 1 (2): 36. arXiv:1702.02483. Bibcode:2017NatAs...1E..36H. doi:10.1038/s41550-016-0036. S2CID 7537393.


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