Dodecahedral space topology

Boud Roukema boud w astro.uni.torun.pl
Czw, 9 Paź 2003, 13:12:16 CEST


On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Andrzej Marecki wrote:

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> Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wide-angle
> temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background
> JEAN-PIERRE LUMINET, JEFFREY R. WEEKS, ALAIN RIAZUELO, ROLAND LEHOUCQ
> & JEAN-PHILIPPE UZAN
> http://info.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/eMJG0BfWLH0Ch0EeW0Ay
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> [...]
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> Nature's politics require embargo for articles before they are in the
> current issue on Nature so the authors couldn't post it on astro-ph but hope
> they'll do so. ;-)

If you read the policy carefully you'll see that posting on astro-ph
is OK under certain conditions - something like 24h before the embargo
or 7 days before the embargo - but it's a long time since i last thought
of trying a publicity stunt in Nature, so i don't remember exactly.

The abstract is clear about the content - i don't think anyone should
hold their breath - it looks like there's no discovery, this is just
marketing/media/ propaganda stuff. Andrzej Woszczyk is honest enough
to use the word "propaganda" when talking about Urania and publicity
about astronomy, but i guess the politically correct words to use for
Nature are "publication in the most prestigious scientific journal".

Anyway, this should make it easier for us to publish a few topo articles
and satisfy people of the article-counting mentality.

Cosmic topology is no longer "politically incorrect". :)

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