Giant Rings in the CMB Sky

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2010-05-21

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3923v2

Astrophys.J.724:374-378,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

6 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/724/1/374

We find a unique direction in the CMB sky around which giant rings have an anomalous mean temperature profile. This direction is in very close alignment with the afore measured anomalously large bulk flow direction. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we estimate the significance of the giant rings at the $3\sigma$ level and the alignment with the bulk flow at $2.5\sigma$. We argue that a cosmic defect seeded by a pre-inflationary particle could explain the giant rings, the large bulk flow and their alignment.

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