Redshift clustering in the Hubble Deep Field

In the redshift distribution of the 140 extragalactic objects in this sample, we find six strong peaks with velocity dispersions of ~400km/s. The areal density of objects within a particular peak, while it may be nonuniform, does not show evidence for strong central concentration.

These peaks have characteristics (velocity dispersions, density enhancements, spacing, and spatial extent) similar to those seen in a comparable redshift survey in a different high Galactic latitude field (Cohen and coworkers), confirming that the structures are generic. They are probably the high-redshift counterparts of huge galaxy structures ("walls") observed locally.