Limits on the detectability of cosmic topology in hyperbolic universes
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We reexamine the possibility of the detection of the cosmic topology in nearly flat hyperbolic Friedmann-Lemâıtre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universes by using patterns repetition. We update and extend our recent results in two important ways: by employing recent observational constraints on the cosmological density parameters as well as the recent mathematical results concerning small hyperbolic 3-manifolds. This produces new bounds with consequences for the detectability of the cosmic topology. In addition to obtaining new bounds, we also give a concrete example of the sensitive dependence of detectability of cosmic topology on the uncertainties in the observational values of the density parameters.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002