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arXiv:0811.3606 (cross-list from astro-ph) [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Large-scale cosmic flows and moving dark energy
Authors: Jose Beltran Jimenez, Antonio L. Maroto
Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures. Corrected references
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Large-scale matter bulk flows with respect to the cosmic microwave background have very recently been detected on scales of 100 Mpc/h and 300 Mpc/h using two different techniques showing an excellent agreement in the motion direction. The unexpectedly large measured amplitudes are however difficult to understand within the context of standard LCDM cosmology. In this work we show that the existence of such a flow could be signalling the presence of moving dark energy at the time when photons decouple from matter. We also study the relation between the direction of the CMB dipole and the preferred axis observed in the quadrupole in this scenario.
Title: Large-scale cosmic flows and moving dark energy
Authors: Jose Beltran Jimenez, Antonio L. Maroto
Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures. Corrected references
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Large-scale matter bulk flows with respect to the cosmic microwave background have very recently been detected on scales of 100 Mpc/h and 300 Mpc/h using two different techniques showing an excellent agreement in the motion direction. The unexpectedly large measured amplitudes are however difficult to understand within the context of standard LCDM cosmology. In this work we show that the existence of such a flow could be signalling the presence of moving dark energy at the time when photons decouple from matter. We also study the relation between the direction of the CMB dipole and the preferred axis observed in the quadrupole in this scenario.