Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume 2009
February 2009
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L. Mersini-Houghton and R. Holman JCAP02(2009)006 doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2009/02/006
``Tilting'' the universe with the landscape multiverse: the dark flow
L. Mersini-Houghtona and R. Holmanb
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We argue that the recent observations of large scale bulk flows by Kashlinsky et al. has a natural explanation in terms of superhorizon inhomogeneities induced by nonlocal entanglement of our Hubble volume with modes and domains beyond the horizon. This entanglement gives rise to corrections to the Newtonian potential on a characteristic scale L1 
103H−1, and it induces a dipole and quadrupole contribution in the CMB. We also show that these induced multipoles are aligned with each other, with the alignment axis normal to their plane being oriented along the preferred frame determined by the dipole. We also give other potential tests of our hypothesis.
103H−1, and it induces a dipole and quadrupole contribution in the CMB. We also show that these induced multipoles are aligned with each other, with the alignment axis normal to their plane being oriented along the preferred frame determined by the dipole. We also give other potential tests of our hypothesis.
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Issue 02 (February 2009)
Received 2 November 2008, accepted for publication 31 December 2008
Published 4 February 2009
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