Signature for the Shape of the Universe

Details Signature for the Shape of the Universe Signature for the Shape of the Universe

2001-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0105048v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys. D9 (2000) 687-696

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX2e. This paper is a direct ancestor of gr-qc/9911049, put in gr-qc archive to make it more accessibl

Scientific paper

10.1142/S021827180000075X

If the universe has a nontrivial shape (topology) the sky may show multiple correlated images of cosmic objects. These correlations can be couched in terms of distance correlations. We propose a statistical quantity which can be used to reveal the topological signature of any Robertson-Walker (RW) spacetime with nontrivial topology. We also show through computer-aided simulations how one can extract the topological signatures of flat, elliptic, and hyperbolic RW universes with nontrivial topology.

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