Indications about the shape of the universe from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Data

被引：18

作者：

Aurich, R

Lustig, S

Steiner, F

Then, H

机构：

[1] Univ Ulm, Theoret Phys Abt, D-89069 Ulm, Germany

[2] Univ Bristol, Sch Math, Bristol BS8 1TW, Avon, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2005年 / 94卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.021301

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

It is shown that the recent observations of NASA's Explorer mission, "Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe," hint that our Universe may possess a nontrivial topology. As an example we discuss the Picard space which is stretched out into an infinitely long horn but with finite volume.

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