Short explanations, Chapter IX

The CMB axis as toroidal orientation

RSI reads the aligned warm and cool poles of the cosmic microwave background as the thermal signature of the Universal Inhale.

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the faint heat left across the sky by the early universe. Its large-scale pattern shows an alignment nicknamed the "Axis of Evil." This sits uneasily with the Copernican Principle, which assumes the universe has no center or preferred direction.

RSI treats the universe as a heat engine with a toroidal, or doughnut-shaped, flow. In that picture, the temperature of the CMB should vary with the angle of the flow. It therefore predicts that the warm and cool poles should line up with our local bulk flow, the movement toward the Great Attractor.

RSI holds that the axis is not a statistical fluke. It is the thermal signature of the Universal Inhale. The Cool Spot marks the region where the field is returning to the Still Core. The test is to map Planck Mission data against the flow direction. The Axis of Evil alignments are well documented, though their significance is debated, and the measured offset between our motion and the gravity dipole of nearby galaxies is roughly 12 to 21 degrees.

From the paper: Chapter IX, The CMB Axis. Read the full section

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