# Galaxies and Superclusters

## Abstract

In this brief note, we would like to point out that large-scale structures like galaxies and superclusters would arise quite naturally in the universe.

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There being about $`N=10^{11}`$ galaxies in the universe, each about $`l=10^{23}cms`$ across, we can easily verify that

$$R\sqrt{N}l$$
(1)   
where $`R`$ is the radius of the universe.   
As is well known, (1) arises in the theory of Brownian motion on the one hand and on the other, it is also true if $`N`$ represents the number of elementary particles $`10^{80}`$, in the universe and $`l`$, their size or spread, that is their Compton wavelength.   
We can now interpret (1) as follows:   
From the large-scale perspective, the galaxies are approximately in Brownian motion and their size is given correctly by (1). Interestingly, as we can easily verify, an identical relation holds for superclusters also, with a similar interpretation.   
Moreover (1) implies a two dimensional structure - this is indeed true; not only do galaxies have large flat disks, but also superclusters have a flat cellular character.   
However, (1) is not true for stars. In this case gravitation is strong and the Brownian approximation is no longer valid.   
Thus galaxies and superclusters would naturally arise in the Universe.