We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be ...We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be provided by, for example, experts on information theory （as we are）. Our previous efforts in this direction led to a fascinating result： the theoretical total mass ofa spacetime in which Planck＇s length is an observer-independent scale of length is equal （both in expression and value） to the mass of our portion of Universe measured by national aeronautics and space administration wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe （NASA WMAP） spacecraft. In the following paragraphs we＇ll show how granularity （i.e., discontinuity） of physical entities of our portion of observable spacetime descends directly from the principles of information theory, and how a physical theory about the discontinuity of reality built on these basis can lead to an elegant descriptions of both microcosm and macrocosm.展开更多
A remarkable inconsistency between the calibrated differential time-ordered data (TOD) of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission,which is the input for map-making,and the cosmic microwave background (...A remarkable inconsistency between the calibrated differential time-ordered data (TOD) of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission,which is the input for map-making,and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature maps published by the WMAP team is revealed,indicating that there must exist a serious problem in the map making routine of the WMAP team.This inconsistency is easy to be confirmed without the use of WMAP map-making software.In view of the importance of this issue for cosmology study,we invite readers to check it by themselves.展开更多
We have discovered in our previous work that different observational systematics,e.g.errors from antenna pointing directions or an asynchronism between the attitude and science data may generate a pseudo-dipole signal...We have discovered in our previous work that different observational systematics,e.g.errors from antenna pointing directions or an asynchronism between the attitude and science data may generate a pseudo-dipole signal in the full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy that have been published by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) team.We have found that the antenna sidelobe response to the Doppler signal produces a similar effect.In this work,independent from the sources,we have uniformly modeled the pseudo-dipole signal and have removed it from the published WMAP7 CMB maps by model fitting.The result demonstrates that the released WMAP CMB quadrupole is almost completely artificial.展开更多
文摘We believe that well-known principles and relationships between physical entities are the key for a deep knowledge of reality. However, they must be applied using innovative points of view, points of view that can be provided by, for example, experts on information theory （as we are）. Our previous efforts in this direction led to a fascinating result： the theoretical total mass ofa spacetime in which Planck＇s length is an observer-independent scale of length is equal （both in expression and value） to the mass of our portion of Universe measured by national aeronautics and space administration wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe （NASA WMAP） spacecraft. In the following paragraphs we＇ll show how granularity （i.e., discontinuity） of physical entities of our portion of observable spacetime descends directly from the principles of information theory, and how a physical theory about the discontinuity of reality built on these basis can lead to an elegant descriptions of both microcosm and macrocosm.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2009CB824800)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.H91I21734A)Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS (Grant No.KJCX2-YW-T03)
文摘A remarkable inconsistency between the calibrated differential time-ordered data (TOD) of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission,which is the input for map-making,and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature maps published by the WMAP team is revealed,indicating that there must exist a serious problem in the map making routine of the WMAP team.This inconsistency is easy to be confirmed without the use of WMAP map-making software.In view of the importance of this issue for cosmology study,we invite readers to check it by themselves.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11033003)National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB824800)the CAS project (KJCX2-YW-T03)
文摘We have discovered in our previous work that different observational systematics,e.g.errors from antenna pointing directions or an asynchronism between the attitude and science data may generate a pseudo-dipole signal in the full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy that have been published by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) team.We have found that the antenna sidelobe response to the Doppler signal produces a similar effect.In this work,independent from the sources,we have uniformly modeled the pseudo-dipole signal and have removed it from the published WMAP7 CMB maps by model fitting.The result demonstrates that the released WMAP CMB quadrupole is almost completely artificial.
