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Several studies have proposed that the shape of the Universe may be a Poincare dodecahedral space (PDS) rather than an infinite, simply connected, flat space. Both models assume a close to flat FLRW metric of about 30% matter density. We study two predictions of the PDS model. (i) For the correct model, the spatial two-point cross-correlation function, $ximc$, of temperature fluctuations in the covering space, where the two points in any pair are on different copies of the surface of last scattering (SLS), should be of a similar order of magnitude to the auto-correlation function, $xisc$, on a single copy of the SLS. (ii) The optimal orientation and identified circle radius for a generalised PDS model of arbitrary twist $phi$, found by maximising $ximc$ relative to $xisc$ in the WMAP maps, should yield $phi in {pm 36deg}$. We optimise the cross-correlation at scales < 4.0 h^-1 Gpc using a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method over orientation, circle size and $phi$. Both predictions were satisfied: (i) an optimal generalised PDS solution was found, with a strong cross-correlation between points which would be distant and only weakly correlated according to the simply connected hypothesis, for two different foreground-reduc
We aim to improve the surface of last scattering (SLS) optimal cross-correlation method in order to refine estimates of the Poincare dodecahedral space (PDS) cosmological parameters. We analytically derive the formulae required to exclude points on t
We present a circular cross-correlation tests for the phases of the Internal Linear Combination Map (ILC) and {it WMAP}s foregrounds for all K--W frequency bands at the range of multipoles $ellle 50$. We have found significant deviations from the exp
This is the second paper of a series that reports on our investigation of the clustering properties of AGNs in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) through cross-correlation functions (CCFs) with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxies. In this paper, we
We cross-correlate the third-year WMAP data with galaxy samples extracted from the SDSS DR4 (SDSS4) covering 13% of the sky, increasing by a factor of 3.7 the volume sampled in previous analyses. The new measurements confirm a positive cross-correlat
We investigate the clustering properties of ~1550 broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at <z>=0.25 detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) through their measured cross-correlation function with ~46,000 Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloa