Waves on accelerating dodecahedral universes
arXiv:1609.00806 · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/aa5db8
Abstract
We investigate the wave propagation on a compact 3-manifold of constant positive curvature with a non trivial topology, the Poincaré dodecahedral space, when the scale factor is exponentially increasing. We prove the existence of a limit state as t tends to infinity and we get its analytic expression. The deep sky is described by this asymptotic profile thanks to the Sachs-Wolfe formula. We transform the Cauchy problem into a mixed problem posed on a fundamental domain determined by the quaternionic calculus. We perform an accurate scheme of computation: we employ a variational method using a space of second order finite elements that is invariant under the action of the binary icosahedral group.
arXiv comment36 pages, 20 figures
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