Sunday, 15 February 2015

general relativity - Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and its relation to Inertial Frames


We know that the CMB is isotropic when viewed outside of the spinning and revolving earth.


Is it homogeneous?


Can we relate the CMB to an inertial frame in the Newtonian sense (in which space and time are homogeneous and isotropic)? Or can it just provide an idea to build upon a new theory in which global (privileged) inertial frames exist?


Einstein's General Theory of Relativity could be useful in an answer, but some outside-the-box thinking would be appreciated; feel free to question GR.




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