Abstract
Large-scale cosmic microwave background anisotropies in homogeneous, globally anisotropic cosmologies are investigated. We perform a statistical analysis in which the 4-yr data from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite is searched for the specific anisotropy patterns predicted by these models and thereby set definitive upper limits on the amount of shear, , and vorticity, , which are orders of magnitude stronger than previous constraints. We find that primordial anisotropy should have been fine tuned to be less than of its natural value in the Planck era.
- Received 20 May 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2883
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