Determining the shape of the universe using discrete sources

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/22/004zbMATH Open1170.83487arXivastro-ph/0305071OpenAlexW3099136878MaRDI QIDQ4453729FDOQ4453729

Authors: G. I. Gomero 

Publication date: 7 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose we have identified three clusters of galaxies as being topological copies of the same object. How does this information constrain the possible models for the shape of our Universe? It is shown here that, if the Universe has flat spatial sections, these multiple images can be accommodated within any of the six classes of compact orientable 3-dimensional flat space forms. Moreover, the discovery of two more triples of multiple images in the neighbourhood of the first one, would allow the determination of the topology of the Universe, and in most cases the determination of its size.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305071

Recommendations

• Three-dimensional topology-independent methods to look for global topology
• Signature for the shape of the universe
• Cosmic topology: twenty years after
• Detectability of cosmic topology in flat universes
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2110524

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Cited In (1)

• Reckoning the Shape of Everything: Underdetermination and Cosmotopology

This page was built for publication: Determining the shape of the universe using discrete sources

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4453729)