Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1988. 26: 245-294 Copyright © 1988 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

EARLY EXPLORATIONS

Voids in Astronomy

Technological Prerequisites

A Hidden Paradigm

INDIVIDUAL VOIDS (CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES)

Results From Galaxy Reashift Surveys

IDENTIFICATION AND STRUCTURE OF VOIDS

MATERIAL CONTENT OF VOIDS

STRUCTURE OF CONTIGUOUS SHELLS

KINEMATICS 0F CONTIGUOUS SHELLS

Indications From Distant Objects

ABELL CLUSTERS

QUASARS

COSMIC BLACKBODY RADIATION

ENSEMBLES OF VOIDS (CURRENT STUDIES)

Statistical Representations of Void Data

POISSON VOIDS (SUBTLETIES)

STATISTICAL PROBABILITY TECHNIQUES

DENDROGRAM ANALYSIS

POINT-SMOOTHING ANALYSIS

Theoretical Studies

DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION OF VOIDS

ORIGIN OF VOIDS

MASS/TIME-SCALE PROBLEMS

Masses

Survival Times

Explanatory Hypotheses

REFERENCES