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Vaudrevange, Pascal M.; Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH; Starkman, Glenn D.; Cornish, Neil J.; Spergel, David N.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)2012
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)2012
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[en] We present an update to the search for a non-trivial topology of the universe by searching for matching circle pairs in the cosmic microwave background using the WMAP 7 year data release. We extend the existing bounds to encompass a wider range of possible topologies by searching for matching circle pairs with opening angles 10 ≤α≤90 and separation angles 11 ≤θ≤180 . The extended search reveal two small anomalous regions in the CMB sky. Numerous pairs of well-matched circles are found where both circles pass through one or the other of those regions. As this is not the signature of any known manifold, but is a likely consequence of contamination in those sky regions, we repeat the search excluding circle pairs where both pass through either of the two regions. We then find no statistically significant pairs of matched circles, and so no hints of a non-trivial topology. The absence of matched circles increases the lower limit on the length of the shortest closed null geodesic that self-intersects at our location in the universe (equivalently the injectivity radius at our location) to 98.5% of the diameter of the last scattering surface or approximately 26 Gpc. It extends the limit to any manifolds in which the intersecting arcs of said geodesic form an angle greater than 10 .
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Jun 2012; 11 p; ISSN 0418-9833; 

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