Anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the universe from $ΔT/T$

Details Anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the universe from $ΔT/T$ Anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the universe from $ΔT/T$

1995-10-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510126v1

Astron.Astrophys. 309 (1996) L7

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, LaTeX, no figures

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A recent paper (Martinez--Gonzalez & Sanz 1995) showed that if the universe is homogeneous but anisotropic, then the small quadrupole anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation implies that the spacetime anisotropy is very small. We point out that more general results may be established, without assuming a priori homogeneity. We have proved that small anisotropies in the microwave background imply that the universe is almost Friedmann--Robertson--Walker. Furthermore, the quadrupole and octopole place direct and explicit limits on the degree of anisotropy and inhomogeneity, as measured by the shear, vorticity, Weyl tensor and density gradients. In the presence of inhomogeneity, it is only possible to set a much weaker limit on the shear than that given by Martinez--Gonzalez & Sanz.

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