In the past few years the large scale structure and dynamics of the galaxy distributions have been studied intensively, mainly by means of red-shift surveys. From these surveys it seems that the distribution of galaxies is characterised by large, empty voids of (20–40) h−1100 Mpc in diameter with a typical density contrast of δ ∼ - (0.7–0.8).
In an attempt to investigate the large scale structure and dynamics of the old population of the LMC, we have obtained high precision radial velocities for three extremely outlying (10°-15° from the LMC center) globular clusters. Our results agree well with the results from Freeman et al. (1983) that the clusters move in a disk like system. Depending on the assumptions used we can put a lower limit to the LMC mass of about 0.5-2.5×1010M⊙
Large scale structure and dynamics of polysaccharide gels
