十二面体空间拓作为解释宇宙微波背景中的弱广角温度相关性
Jean-Pierre Luminet1, Jeffrey R Weeks, Alain Riazuelo
1Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France.
Nature
|October 10, 2003
概括
标准宇宙学模型可能不完整. 新的研究表明有限的,十二面体宇宙解释了在宇宙微波背景数据中观察到的缺失温度相关性,挑战了无限平面宇宙理论.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 几何几何学的几何学
背景情况:
- 标准宇宙模型 (SCM) 描述了一个无限的,平坦的,膨胀的宇宙,由暗能量驱动.
- 第一年的威尔金森微波无极性探测器 (WMAP) 数据证实了SCM的高精度,除了最大的角度尺度.
研究的目的:
- 调查WMAP数据与SCM数据之间关于大角度尺度上的温度相关性的差异.
- 探索可替代的空间几何学,可以解释观察到的60度以外的相关性缺乏.
主要方法:
- 对第一年WMAP卫星数据的分析,重点关注宇宙微波背景中的温度相关性.
- 建模一个有限的空间,特别是卡雷十二面体空间,以测试它对观察到的数据的解释能力.
主要成果:
- WMAP数据显示,温度相关性在60度以上的角度尺度上消失,这与SCM对无限平面宇宙的预测相反.
- 波因卡雷的十二面体空间模型自然解释了这些大规模相关性没有微调的缺失.
- 该模型预测Omega(0) 的宇宙密度约为1.013 (>1) 和天空温度相关性中匹配圆的特定模式.
结论:
- 在宇宙微波背景中观察到的大规模异常表明,宇宙可能不是无限的和平坦的.
- 一个有限的,正曲线的拓学,如Poincaré十二面体空间,为WMAP观测提供了一个令人信服的替代解释.
- 这种几何模型为宇宙微波背景频谱中的"缺失功率"问题提供了潜在的解决方案.
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