The ellipticity of the anisotropy spots of the Cosmic Microwave Background measured by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has been studied. We find an average ellipticity of about 2, confirming with a far larger statistics similar results found first for the COBE-DMR CMB maps, and then for the BOOMERanG CMB maps. There are no preferred directions for the obliquity of the anisotropy spots. The average ellipticity is independent of temperature threshold and is present on scales both smaller and larger than the horizon at the last scattering. The measured ellipticity characteristics are consistent with being the effect of geodesies mixing occurring in a hyperbolic Universe, and can mark the emergence of CMB ellipticity as a new observable constant describing the Universe. There is no way of simulating this effect. Therefore we cannot exclude that the observed behavior of the measured ellipticity can result from a trivial topology in the popular flat A-CDM model, or from a nontrivial topology. © World Scientific Publishing Company.
Elliptic CMB sky / Gurzadyan, Vahagn; DE BERNARDIS, Paolo; DE TROIA, Grazia; Bianco, Carlo Luciano; A. L., Kashin; H., Kuloghlian; Masi, Silvia; Piacentini, Francesco; Polenta, Gianluca; G., Yegorian. - In: MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A. - ISSN 0217-7323. - STAMPA. - 20:11(2005), pp. 813-820. [10.1142/s0217732305017111]
Elliptic CMB sky
GURZADYAN, VAHAGN;DE BERNARDIS, Paolo;DE TROIA, Grazia;BIANCO, Carlo Luciano;MASI, Silvia;PIACENTINI, Francesco;POLENTA, GIANLUCA;
2005
Abstract
The ellipticity of the anisotropy spots of the Cosmic Microwave Background measured by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has been studied. We find an average ellipticity of about 2, confirming with a far larger statistics similar results found first for the COBE-DMR CMB maps, and then for the BOOMERanG CMB maps. There are no preferred directions for the obliquity of the anisotropy spots. The average ellipticity is independent of temperature threshold and is present on scales both smaller and larger than the horizon at the last scattering. The measured ellipticity characteristics are consistent with being the effect of geodesies mixing occurring in a hyperbolic Universe, and can mark the emergence of CMB ellipticity as a new observable constant describing the Universe. There is no way of simulating this effect. Therefore we cannot exclude that the observed behavior of the measured ellipticity can result from a trivial topology in the popular flat A-CDM model, or from a nontrivial topology. © World Scientific Publishing Company.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
