Published June 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Temperature and polarization patterns in anisotropic cosmologies

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA (United Kingdom)

Description

We study the coherent temperature and polarization patterns produced in homogeneous but anisotropic cosmological models. We show results for all Bianchi types with a Friedman-Robertson-Walker limit (i.e. Types I, V, VII0, VIIh and IX) to illustrate the range of possible behaviour. We discuss the role of spatial curvature, shear and rotation in the geodesic equations for each model and establish some basic results concerning the symmetries of the patterns produced. We also give examples of the time-evolution of these patterns in terms of the Stokes parameters I, Q and U

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/036

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2011
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. 036
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45099116
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; GEODESICS; POLARIZATION; SHEAR; STOKES PARAMETERS; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS