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Ribbons on the CBR Sky: A Powerful Test of a Baryon Symmetric Universe

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William H. Kinney, Edward W. Kolb, Michael S. Turner

Astrophysics · Submitted 9 Apr 1997

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The authors' main claim Such a pattern could potentially be detected by the high-resolution CBR anisotropy experiments planned for the next decade, and such experiments may finally settle the question of whether or not our Hubble volume is baryon symmetric.

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CitationEdward W. Kolb, Michael S. Turner, William H. Kinney. "Ribbons on the CBR Sky: A Powerful Test of a Baryon Symmetric Universe." arXiv:astro-ph/9704070 (1997). https://pith.science/paper/RAIGF6TU
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If the Universe consists of domains of matter and antimatter, annihilations at domain interfaces leave a distinctive imprint on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) sky. The signature is anisotropies in the form of long, thin ribbons of width $\theta_W\sim 0.1^\circ$, separated by angle $\theta_L\simeq 1^\circ(L/100h^{-1}{Mpc})$ where L is the characteristic domain size, and y-distortion parameter $y \approx 10^{-6}$. Such a pattern could potentially be detected by the high-resolution CBR anisotropy experiments planned for the next decade, and such experiments may finally settle the question of whether or not our Hubble volume is baryon symmetric.

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s0 If the Universe consists of domains of matter and antimatter, annihilations at domain interfaces leave a distinctive imprint on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) sky. background 0.93 0.06 0.08 asserted 0.55
s1 The signature is anisotropies in the form of long, thin ribbons of width $\theta_W\sim 0.1^\circ$, separated by angle $\theta_L\simeq 1^\circ(L/100h^{-1}{Mpc})$ where L is the characteristic domain size, and y-distortion parameter $y \approx 10^{-6}$. result 0.81 0.24 0.16 asserted 1.00
s2 Such a pattern could potentially be detected by the high-resolution CBR anisotropy experiments planned for the next decade, and such experiments may finally settle the question of whether or not our Hubble volume is baryon symmetric. interpretation 0.55 0.05 0.43 hedged possibility 1.00

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If the Universe consists of domains of matter and antimatter, annihilations at domain interfaces leave a distinctive imprint on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) sky. The signature is anisotropies in the form of long, thin ribbons of width $\theta_W\sim 0.1^\circ$, separated by angle $\theta_L\simeq 1^\circ(L/100h^{-1}{Mpc})$ where L is the characteristic domain size, and y-distortion parameter $y \approx 10^{-6}$. Such a pattern could potentially be detected by the high-resolution CBR anisotropy experiments planned for the next decade, and such experiments may finally settle the question of whether or not our Hubble volume is baryon symmetric.

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  • En este sentido, uno de los misterios más profundos de la ciencia moderna, que podría guiarnos hacia una descripción más precisa de la naturaleza, es la asimetría materia-antimateria del Universo [ref] .

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