THE VIRGO ALIGNMENT PUZZLE IN PROPAGATION OF RADIATION ON COSMOLOGICAL SCALES

DOI10.1142/S0218271804005948zbMath1064.83572arXivastro-ph/0311430MaRDI QIDQ4662701

Pankaj Jain, John P. Ralston

Publication date: 30 March 2005

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We reconsider analysis of data on the cosmic microwave background on the largest angular scales. Temperature multipoles of any order factor naturally into a direct product of axial quantities and cosets. Striking coincidences exist among the axes associated with the dipole, quadrupole, and octupole CMB moments. These axes also coincide well with two other axes independently determined from polarizations at radio and optical frequencies propagating on cosmological scales. The five coincident axes indicate physical correlation and anisotropic properties of the cosmic medium not predicted by the conventional Big Bang scenario. We consider various mechanisms, including foreground corrections, as candidates for the observed correlations. We also consider whether the propagation anomalies may be a signal of ``dark energy in the form of a condensed background field. Perhaps {it light propagation} will prove to be an effective way to look for the effects of {it dark energy}.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311430

zbMATH Keywords

active galactic nucleicosmic anisotropyCMBR anisotropiesoptical polarizationsradio polarizations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55)

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