Unstable Neutrino Reheating of the Universe and Distortion of Cosmic Background Radiation Spectrum: Erratum

1989 ◽  
Vol 345 ◽  
pp. L103
Author(s):  
M. Fukugita ◽  
M. Kawasaki ◽  
T. Yanagida
1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Martin J. Rees

During the last 25 years, evidence has accumulated that our universe has evolved, over a period of 10–15 billion years, from a hot dense fireball to its present state. Telescopes can detect objects so far away that the universe had only a tenth its present age when the light we now receive set out towards us. The cosmic background radiation, and the abundances of elements such as helium and lithium, permit quantitative inferences about what the universe was like when it had been expanding for only a few seconds. The laws of physics established in the laboratory apparently suffice for interpreting all astronomical phenomena back to that time. In the initial instants of cosmic expansion, however, the particle energies and densities were so extreme that terrestrial experiments offer no firm guidance. We will not understand why the universe contains the observed ‘mix’ of matter and radiation, nor why it is expanding in the observed fashion, without further progress in fundamental physics.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 1531-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
LI-ZHI FANG ◽  
YI-PENG JING

According to causality, the existence of density perturbations on scales larger than the present Hubble radius y = 2c/H0 is crucial to discriminate between inflation and non-inflation models of the origin of inhomogeneity of the universe. Observations of the cosmic background radiation anisotropies favor a super-Hubble suppression on scales λmax in the range 0.5–3.0y. Many of non-inflation models are consistent with such a suppression. Inflation models are certainly not in conflict with this suppression, however one important parameter, the duration of the epoch of inflation, may need to be fine tuned.


2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (T26B) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
Francesco Bertola ◽  
Sadanori Okamura ◽  
Virginia L. Trimble ◽  
Mark Birkinshaw ◽  
Françoise Combes ◽  
...  

Division VIII gathers astronomers engaged in the study of the visible and invisible matter in the Universe at large, from Local Group galaxies via distant galaxies and galaxy clusters to the large-scale structure of the Universe and the cosmic background radiation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (28) ◽  
pp. 2615-2621 ◽  
Author(s):  
LI-ZHI FANG

A few years ago, we proposed that the spatial topology of the universe can be detected by cosmic background radiation (CBR), because the amplitudes of the spherical harmonic expansion of CBR anisotropy are sensitively dependent on the size of the universe. Recently, this method has been applied to study the size of a T3 universe by using the COBE-DMR data of CBR temperature fluctuation. The new result of the lower limit to the cosmologically spatial size is found to be larger than the old values by a factor of about 5. Therefore, the model of cubic T3 small universe can be ruled out. This paper is a summary of this progress. The significance and remained problems of the spatial topology of the universe have also been discussed.


1985 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. L23 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Smoot ◽  
G. de Amici ◽  
S. D. Friedman ◽  
C. Witebsky ◽  
G. Sironi ◽  
...  

We summarize the present knowledge of the anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation at angular scales over 1° and present recent data on the dipole and quadrupole harmonics from the Florence group. Reviewing models of cosmic structures, we describe the inferences that can be drawn from the data provided that their origin is extragalactic. We end with a critical discussion of the connection of the background anisotropies with the large-scale properties of the Universe.


2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (09) ◽  
pp. 1675-1680
Author(s):  
LIOR M. BURKO

Black holes are always irradiated by the cosmic background radiation. This captured radiation field determines the physical and geometrical nature of the singularity inside the black hole. We find that non-compact radiation fields (similar to the cosmic background radiation) affect dramatically the singularity, and may determine the fate of a falling astronaut. In particular, the dark energy which accelerates the expansion of the universe determines whether the "tunnel" inside the black hole is blocked, or whether the possibility of using the black hole as a portal for hyperspace travel cannot be ruled out as yet.


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