Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wide-angle temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6958, 2003, Pages 593-595

  Luminet, Jean Pierre ^a   Weeks, Jeffrey R ^b   Riazuelo, Alain ^c   Lehoucq, Roland ^a,c   Uzan, Jean Philippe ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CEA/Saclay ^*  (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; TOPOLOGY;

SPACE TOPOLOGY;

ASTRONOMY;

COSMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; GEOMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0142041487     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01944     Document Type: Article

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