Dodecahedral topology fails to explain quadrupole-octupole alignment

Details Dodecahedral topology fails to explain quadrupole-octupole alignment Dodecahedral topology fails to explain quadrupole-octupole alignment

2006-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611640v1

Class.Quant.Grav.24:1863-1866,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/24/7/011

The CMB quadrupole and octupole, as well as being weaker than expected, align
suspiciously well with each other. Non-trivial spatial topology can explain the
weakness. Might it also explain the alignment? The answer, at least in the case
of the Poincare dodecahedral space, is a resounding no.

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