Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-01-19
Class.Quant.Grav. 22 (2005) 695-708
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, no figure, to appear in CQG
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/22/4/004
The possibility that our space is multi - rather than singly - connected has gained a renewed interest after the discovery of the low power for the first multipoles of the CMB by WMAP. To test the possibility that our space is a multi-connected spherical space, it is necessary to know the eigenmodes of such spaces. Excepted for lens and prism space, and in some extent for dodecahedral space, this remains an open problem. Here we derive the eigenmodes of all spherical spaces. For dodecahedral space, the demonstration is much shorter, and the calculation method much simpler than before. We also apply to tetrahedric, octahedric and icosahedric spaces. This completes the knowledge of eigenmodes for spherical spaces, and opens the door to new observational tests of cosmic topology. The vector space V^k of the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on the three-sphere S^3, corresponding to the same eigenvalue \lambda_k = -k (k+2), has dimension (k+1)^2. We show that the Wigner functions provide a basis for such space. Using the properties of the latter, we express the behavior of a general function of V^k under an arbitrary rotation G of SO(4). This offers the possibility to select those functions of V^k which remain invariant under G. Specifying G to be a generator of the holonomy group of a spherical space X, we give the expression of the vector space V_X^k of the eigenfunctions of X. We provide a method to calculate the eigenmodes up to arbitrary order. As an illustration, we give the first modes for the spherical spaces mentioned.
Caillerie Samuel
Lachièze-Rey Marc
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