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Phys. Rev. D 62, 087304 (2000) [4 pages]

A small universe after all?

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Neil J. Cornish and David N. Spergel
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Peyton Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1001

Received 16 May 2000; published 26 September 2000

The cosmic microwave background radiation allows us to measure both the geometry and topology of the universe. It has been argued that the COBE-DMR data already rule out models that are multiply connected on scales smaller than the particle horizon. To the contrary, we find that many small universe models provide a good fit to the COBE-DMR data, provided that space is hyperbolic.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.087304
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.087304
PACS:
98.80.-k, 98.70.Vc