New Evidence of the Azimuthal Alignment of Quasars Spin vector in the LQG U1.28, U1.27, U1.11, Cosmologically Explained

TL;DR

This paper provides observational evidence that quasar spin axes are aligned over hundreds of Mpc, supporting a cosmological model involving early universe vortices, which could explain the large-scale quasar alignments.

Contribution

It confirms azimuthal angle alignment of quasar spins in large groups and links this to a theoretical model of superconducting vortices formed after early universe symmetry breaking.

Findings

Azimuthal angle alignment confirmed in quasar group U1.27

Comparison with groups U1.11 and U1.28 shows similar alignment patterns

Alignment supports the model of early universe vortices affecting large-scale structure

Abstract

There is observational evidence that the spin axes of quasars in large quasar groups are correlated over hundreds of Mpc. This is found in the radio sector as well as in the optical range. There is not yet a satisfactory explanation of this "spooky" alignment. This alignment cannot be explained by mutual interaction at the time that quasars manifest themselves optically. A cosmological explanation could be possible by the formation of superconducting vortices (cosmic strings) in the early universe, just after the symmetry-breaking phase of the universe. We gathered from the NASA/IPAC and SIMBAD extragalactic databases the right ascension, declination, inclination, position angle and eccentricity of the host galaxies of 3 large quasar groups in order to obtain the azimuthal and polar angle of the spin vectors. The alignment of the azimuthal angle of the spin vectors of quasars in their host galaxy is confirmed in the large quasar group U1.27 and compared with two other groups in the vicinity, i.e., U1.11 and U1.28, investigated by Clowes2013. It is well possible that the azimuthal angle alignment fits the predicted azimuthal angle dependency in the theoretical model of the formation of general relativistic superconducting vortices, where the initial axial symmetry is broken just after the symmetry breaking of the scalar-gauge field.