Giant Rings in the CMB Sky
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2011-01-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We find a unique direction in the CMB sky around which giant rings have an anomalous mean temperature profile. This direction is in very close alignment with the afore measured anomalously large bulk flow direction. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we estimate the significance of the giant rings at the level and the alignment with the bulk flow at . We argue that a cosmic defect seeded by a pre-inflationary particle could explain the giant rings, the large bulk flow and their alignment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.3923,
title = {Giant Rings in the CMB Sky},
author = {Ely D. Kovetz and Assaf Ben-David and Nissan Itzhaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3923},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal