IMPROVED LIMITS ON ANISOTROPY AND INHOMOGENEITY FROM THE COSMIC BACKGROUND-RADIATION

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作者
MAARTENS, R
ELLIS, GFR
STOEGER, WR
机构
[1] UNIV WITWATERSRAND,CTR NONLINEAR STUDIES,WITWATERSRAND 2050,SOUTH AFRICA
[2] UNIV CAPE TOWN,DEPT APPL MATH,CAPE TOWN 7700,SOUTH AFRICA
[3] UNIV ARIZONA,VATICAN OBSERV,RES GRP,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1995年 / 51卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.51.5942
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Recently we presented limits on the deviation of the Universe from a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker form, which are implied directly by anisotropies in the cosmic background radiation, without assuming inflationary or other models of evolution. Here we weaken some of our previous assumptions, ensuring that all assumptions are in principle observational, and obtain improved limits. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:5942 / 5945
页数:4
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