New Restrictions on Spatial Topology of the Universe from Microwave Background Temperature Fluctuations

Abstract

If the Universe has the topology of a 3-torus ($T^3$), then it follows from recent data on large-scale temperature fluctuations $\Delta T/T$ of the cosmic microwave background that either the minimal size of the torus is at least of the order of the present cosmological horizon, or the large-scale $\Delta T/T$ pattern should have a symmetry plane (in case of the effective $T^1$ topology) or a symmetry axis (in case of the effective $T^2$ topology), the latter possibility being probably excluded by the data.

arXiv comment4 pages, report LANDAU-93-04/GR-1

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