Jean-Pierre Luminet

Jean-Pierre Luminet (born 1951) is a French astrophysicist, specialized in black holes and cosmology. He works as research director for the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), and is a member of the Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH) of the observatory of Paris-Meudon.

The asteroid 5523 Luminet, was named after him [1].

Timeline

• 2003 - An apparent periodicity in the cosmic microwave background led to the suggestion, by Jean-Pierre Luminet of the Observatoire de Paris and colleagues, that the shape of the Universe is a finite dodecahedron, attached to itself by each pair of opposite faces to form a Poincaré homology sphere ("Is the universe a dodecahedron?", article at PhysicsWeb.). During the following year, astronomers searched for more evidence to support this hypothesis but found none.

See also

• Physical Cosmology
• List of cosmologists
• Non-standard cosmology
• Timeline of cosmology

Reference

• J.-P. Luminet et al., Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wide-angle temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background, 2003.