# CMB dipoles and other low-order multipoles in the quasispherical Szekeres model

## TL;DR

This paper explores the quasispherical Szekeres model as a less restrictive alternative to LTB models for explaining CMB dipoles and low-order multipoles, potentially accounting for observed anomalies without violating the Copernican principle.

## Contribution

It demonstrates that Szekeres models allow for a less special observer position and can produce significant quadrupole moments while fitting the CMB dipole, expanding the scope of inhomogeneous cosmological models.

## Key findings

- Observer constraints are less strict than in LTB models.
- Szekeres models can generate larger quadrupoles compatible with observations.
- Potential explanation for CMB quadrupole/octupole anomalies.

## Abstract

Several authors have previously shown that Gpc-scale void based on the spherically symmetric LTB model can provide a good fit to certain cosmological data, including the SNIa data, but it is only consistent with the observed CMB dipole if we are located very close to the center, in violation of the Copernican principle. In this work we investigate the more general quasispherical Szekeres model, which does not include spherical symmetry, in order to determine whether this option may be less constricting. We find that the observer is still constrained to a small region, but it is not as geometrically ``special'' as the center of an LTB void. Furthermore, whereas the quadrupole and octupole near the center of an LTB void are necessarily small, certain Szekeres models can include a significant quadrupole while still being consistent with the observed dipole, hinting that Szekeres models may be able give an explanation for the observed quadrupole/octupole anomalies.