PIRSA:05110017

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https://pirsa.org/05110017

Testing the isotropy of the universe and the axis of evil

Land, K. (2005). Testing the isotropy of the universe and the axis of evil. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/05110017

Land, Kate. Testing the isotropy of the universe and the axis of evil. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 22, 2005, https://pirsa.org/05110017 

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:05110017,
            doi = {10.48660/05110017},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/05110017},
            author = {Land, Kate},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Testing the isotropy of the universe and the axis of evil},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2005},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:05110017 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/05110017}}
          }

Kate Land

Talk numberPIRSA:05110017
DOI10.48660/05110017
Source RepositoryPIRSA
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

I will review some recent claims of anomalous signatures in the WMAP data of the CMB - specifically those that indicate a departure from Statistical Isotropy. This will include an outline of various methods of analysis and the issues involved in testing the Gaussianity and Statistical Isotropy of the CMB. I will then discuss the various implications of the observations - the most exciting of which is that our Universe is not Isotropic and more complicated cosmological models need to be considered.